A dictionary of Confusable Phrases: More Than 10,000 Idioms and Collocations

hoe one’s own row • ring one’s own bell
hoe one’s own row —(U.S.) be independent; follow one’s
interests or inclination (also: paddle one’s own canoe): Now that
I have hoed my own row … they deluge me with congratu-
lations.
ring one’s own bell —(also: blow one’s own trumpet) announce
one’s own successes; praise oneself: He was a good team mem-
ber. He’s not out there trying to ring his own bell.
hog it • pig it
hog it—(U.S. sl.) appropriate smth. greedily or selfishly; not
share smth. (monopolizing the road, etc.): Now I will really
hog it a bit: this is a lovely piece of road.
pig it—(sl.) live squalidly or in dirty surroundings: You can’t
expect two masterminds like us to pig it in that room down-
stairs.
Note: 
a) The expression does not correlate in meaning with
the phrase pig oneself—(sl.) eat gluttonously or greedily (also:
pig out): Please do not ply me with biscuits; I have no desire
to set you a bad example by pigging myself.
b) Neither expression correlates in meaning with the phrase
dog it
—(coll.) fail to exert effort; underperform: It was apparent
to anyone watching him play that he was dogging it on the
court.
hog-wash • pig-washing
hog-wash —(sl.) 
1
. weak inferior liquor: He had had enough
of that sort of hog-wash ladled out to him for genuine liquor.
hit close to home
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2. said contemptuously of writings of any kind: He taught
sociology and I told him straight that hogwash was not one
of my subjects.
pig-washing —(Metallurg y) the refining of molten pig-iron
by treatment with iron oxide: A similar process, used for some
time by Krupp, was described by Holley under the name of
“pig-washing.”