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]

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Helladius	-	Late Greek (Latinized)
Mavourneen	-	Irish
Abdur-Rashid	-	Arabic
Ham	[hæm]
Kaila	-	Yiddish
Mackenzie	mə-KEN-zee	English