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:

Name	Gender	Pronounced	Usage
Yarden		-	Hebrew
Jean		[dʒi:n]
Asklepiades		-	Ancient Greek
Latifah		-	Arabic
Tzidkiyahu		-	Biblical Hebrew
Borys		BAW-ris (Polish)	Polish, Ukrainian

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