hard row to hoe

[hard row to hoe] or [tough row to hoe] {n. phr.}

A hard life to live; a very hard job to do.

* /She has a hard row to hoe with six children and her husband dead./

* /Young people without enough education will have a tough row to hoe when they have to support themselves./

Syn.: HARD SLEDDING.

Compare: DOWN ON ONE'S LUCK, HARD NUT TO CRACK.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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