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
Cherry	['tʃeri:]
Natalka	-	Ukrainian, Polish
GÜLden	-	Turkish
Luned	LIN-ed (Welsh)	Welsh, Welsh Mythology, Arthurian Romance
Tammie	TAM-ee	English
ÉLisabeth	e-lee-za-BET	French