This week, I have heard a cliche spoken several times by people. I am not sure why, but it’s the 5th time I have heard it. Well, my issue is not that I heard it, but all five people GOT IT WRONG.
The phrase I heard was “It’s a difficult road to hoe”. The phrase is not road, but row. If you would stop and think about the phrase and not mindlessly repeat something you don’t understand you would realize what it means.
Farmers do not take hoes to a local road and cut trenches in them. They use a hoe to prepare for planting, in rows.