paddle one's own canoe



paddle one's own canoe

Be independent and self-reliant, as in It's time Bill learned to paddle his own canoe. This idiom alludes to steering one's own boat. [c. 1800]
See also: canoe, own, paddle

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Balthasar-Judeo-Christian Legend
TrevTREV (English)Welsh, English
Szabolcs-Hungarian
Sopheap-Khmer
Chinweike-Western African, Igbo
JadonJAH-dən (English), JAY-dən (English)Biblical