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
Adrijan	-	Croatian, Macedonian
Olympias	-	Ancient Greek
Cherish	CHER-ish	English
Hyeon-Ju	hyun-joo	Korean
Clematis	klə-MAT-is	English (Rare)
Aila	-	Finnish