英语词汇hoe one-s own row的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	hoe one-s own row
词源	hoe one’s own row. Unlike long row to hoe this expression means to be independent, to paddle one’s own canoe. It is also an agricultural phrase, dating back to the 18th century, when farm workers, unaided by machinery, did hoe their own rows. The saying first appeared in print after John Tyler became pres- ident on William Henry Harrison’s death in 1841, when it be- came apparent that Tyler wouldn’t follow Harrison’s policies, but would “hoe his own row.”
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