hoe\ one's\ own\ row

hoe\ one's\ own\ row
v. phr.
To make your way in life by your own efforts; get along without help.

David's father died when he was little, and he has always had to hoe his own row.

Syn.: paddle one's own canoe, stand on one's own feet

Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". . 1997.

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  • hoe one's own row — {v. phr.} To make your way in life by your own efforts; get along without help. * /David s father died when he was little, and he has always had to hoe his own row./ Syn.: PADDLE ONE S OWN CANOE, STAND ON ONE S OWN FEET …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • hoe one's own row — {v. phr.} To make your way in life by your own efforts; get along without help. * /David s father died when he was little, and he has always had to hoe his own row./ Syn.: PADDLE ONE S OWN CANOE, STAND ON ONE S OWN FEET …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • one's own row — See: HOE ONE S OWN ROW …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • one's own row — See: HOE ONE S OWN ROW …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • one's\ own\ row — See: hoe one s own row …   Словарь американских идиом

  • paddle one's own canoe — {v. phr.}, {informal} To work without help; earn your own living; support yourself. * /After his father died, John had to paddle his own canoe./ Syn.: HOE ONE S OWN ROW. Compare: MAKE ONE S WAY …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • paddle one's own canoe — {v. phr.}, {informal} To work without help; earn your own living; support yourself. * /After his father died, John had to paddle his own canoe./ Syn.: HOE ONE S OWN ROW. Compare: MAKE ONE S WAY …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • paddle\ one's\ own\ canoe — v. phr. informal To work without help; earn your own living; support yourself. After his father died, John had to paddle his own canoe. Syn.: hoe one s own row Compare: make one s way …   Словарь американских идиом

  • row — I. /roʊ / (say roh) noun 1. a number of persons or things arranged in a line, especially a straight line. 2. a line of adjacent seats facing the same way, as in a theatre. 3. a street, especially a narrow one, formed by two continuous lines of… …  

  • row — See: HARD ROW TO HOE or TOUGH ROW TO HOE, HOE ONE S OWN ROW, SKID ROW …   Dictionary of American idioms

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