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
Brenda	['bendə]
Roger	['rɔdʒə]
Grigol	-	Georgian
Bogomil	-	Bulgarian, Macedonian
Szymon	SHI-mawn	Polish
Alexandria	[ælig'za:ndriə]