draw a straight furrow

English

Verb

draw 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)

1. (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

trench cut in the soil

• Finnish: käydä kaitaa tietä
• French: aller le droit chemin (fr), suivre le droit chemin
• Galician: ir polo rego
• Polish: iść dobrą drogą impf

References

• “furrow”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.