# Repotting the lotus

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repotting-the-lotus/444327>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 7, 2008, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repotting-the-lotus/444327 "2008-04-07T16:13:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2008, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repotting-the-lotus/444327/21 "2008-04-09T13:32:24Z")

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“Ploughing the furrow” has such an earthy feel to it as well as being a real, age-old expression.

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**Author:** ![Kuboydal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecb155/32.png) [@Kuboydal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kuboydal)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2008, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repotting-the-lotus/444327/22 "2008-04-09T20:34:17Z")

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Some have a hard row to hoe, though.

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**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repotting-the-lotus/444327/23 "2008-04-12T06:08:31Z")

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[QUOTE=Kuboydal]  
Some have a hard row to hoe, though.  
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Is that worse than having a hard ho… oh, never mind.

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