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get one's ducks in a row

Fig. to get one's affairs in order or organized. Jane is organized. She really gets all her ducks in a row right away. You can't hope to go into a company and sell something until you get your ducks in a row.

See also: duck, get

hoe one's own row

Rur. to mind one's own business. Tom: You're cutting up those carrots awful small. Jane: Hoe your own row! He didn't get involved in other people's fights. He just hoed his own row.

See also: hoe

kick up a fuss and kick up a row; kick up a storm

Fig. to become a nuisance; to misbehave and disturb (someone). (Row rhymes with cow. Note the variations in the examples.) The customer kicked up such a fuss about the food that the manager came to apologize. I kicked up such a row that they told me to leave. Oh, what pain! My arthritis is kicking up a storm.

See also: fuss, kick, up

row (someone or something) out to something

to carry someone or something in a rowboat from the shore out to something. Will you row me out to the island? I rowed out all the visitors to the little island.

See also: out

tough row to hoe and hard row to hoe

Fig. a difficult task to carry out; a heavy set of burdens. It's a tough row to hoe, but hoe it you will. This is not an easy task. This is a hard row to hoe.

See also: hoe, tough

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a hard/tough row to hoe  (American)

a difficult situation to deal with Teachers have a tough row to hoe in today's schools.

See kick up a fuss

See also: hard, hoe

get your ducks in a row  (American informal)

to organize things well The government talks about tax changes but they won't fix a date or an amount - they just can't get their ducks in a row.

See also: duck, get

kick up a fuss/row/stink

to complain loudly in order to show that you are very annoyed about something Our food was cold so my father kicked up a fuss and refused to pay the service charge.

See also: fuss, kick, up

skid row  (mainly American informal)

a poor area in a city where people who have no jobs and homes live in cheap rooms or sleep outdoors She works as a social worker with alcoholics on skid row. (mainly American informal)

See also: skid

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a tough row to hoe

a difficult situation to deal with The author said that he knew it would be a tough row to hoe when he began research for this book.

See also: hoe, tough

have your ducks in a row also get your ducks in a row

to organize things well I thought Mike was extremely smart and always had his ducks in a row.

Related vocabulary: put your (own) house in order

See also: duck, have

in a row

in a series without interruption They've won six games in a row.

Usage notes: often used with periods of time: I haven't had a good meal for three days in a row.