be left to (one's) own resources



be left to (one's) own resources

To be left unsupervised or uncontrolled; to be allowed to do as one pleases. My job is really great: I know what I need to work on and am just left to my own resources. If left to their own resources, children will get into all sorts of mischief!
See also: left, own, resource

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Bourgeois['buəʒwa:]
ElsaEL-sə (English), EL-zah (German), EL-sah (Finnish)English, German, Swedish, Icelandic, Finnish, Italian
Lothaire-French
Wenzeslaus-German
FeidhlimFE-limIrish
JoselynJAHS-lin, JAHS-ə-linEnglish (Modern)