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
BelÉN	be-LEN	Spanish
Jasmina	-	Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Macedonian
FehİM	-	Turkish
Taranis	-	Celtic Mythology
Gualberto	-	Portuguese
Greg	GREG	English