- furrow plough
- (сельскохозяйственное) пропашник, распашник;
бороздоделатель
Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь. 2001.
Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь. 2001.
plough a furrow — Brit literary ◇ If you plough your own furrow, you do something that is different from what other people do. She was not afraid to plough her own furrow. [=to act independently; to do something no one else has done] If you plough the same furrow … Useful english dictionary
Plough — Plow redirects here. For the Canadian soldier, see Edward Chester Plow. Plowman redirects here. For the surname, see Plowman (surname). Furrow redirects here. For other uses, see Furrow (disambiguation). For other uses, see Plough… … Wikipedia
plough — [OE] Plough was not the original English word for an ‘implement for turning over the soil’. That was Old English sulh, a relative of Latin sulcus ‘furrow’. Plough was borrowed in the 10th century from Old Norse plógr, a descendant of prehistoric… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
plough — [OE] Plough was not the original English word for an ‘implement for turning over the soil’. That was Old English sulh, a relative of Latin sulcus ‘furrow’. Plough was borrowed in the 10th century from Old Norse plógr, a descendant of prehistoric… … Word origins
plough a lonely furrow — To be separated from one s former friends and associates and go one s own way • • • Main Entry: ↑plough * * * plough a lone/a lonely/your own/furrow literary phrase to be the only person doing something or interested in something … Useful english dictionary
plough a lone furrow — plough a lone/lonely furrow mainly British, literary to do something alone and without help from other people. He d always been happier working in isolation, ploughing a lone furrow … New idioms dictionary
plough a lonely furrow — plough a lone/lonely furrow mainly British, literary to do something alone and without help from other people. He d always been happier working in isolation, ploughing a lone furrow … New idioms dictionary
plough a lone furrow — plough a lone/a lonely/your own/furrow literary phrase to be the only person doing something or interested in something Thesaurus: to do something without helpsynonym Main entry: plough … Useful english dictionary
plough your own furrow — plough a lone/a lonely/your own/furrow literary phrase to be the only person doing something or interested in something Thesaurus: to do something without helpsynonym Main entry: plough … Useful english dictionary
plough a lonely, your own, etc, furrow — ˌplough a lonely, your own, etc, ˈfurrow idiom (literary) to do things that other people do not do, or be interested in things that other people are not interested in Main entry: ↑ploughidiom … Useful english dictionary
furrow — ► NOUN 1) a long, narrow trench made in the ground by a plough. 2) a rut or groove. 3) a deep wrinkle on a person s face. ► VERB 1) make a furrow in. 2) mark or be marked with furrows. ORIGIN Old English … English terms dictionary