draw a straight furrow
English
editVerb
editdraw a straight furrow (third-person singular simple present draws a straight furrow, present participle drawing a straight furrow, simple past drew a straight furrow, past participle drawn a straight furrow)
- (idiomatic) To live correctly or ethically, without deviating from the right line of duty.
- 1846-1848, James Russell Lowell, The Biglow Papers:
- None could n't quicker pitch a ton
Nor dror a furrer straighter
Translations
edittrench cut in the soil
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References
edit- “furrow”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.