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
Ellen (2)	EL-lən	Dutch
Libby	LIB-ee	English
Charis	KAR-is (English)	Ancient Greek, English (Rare)
Wigheard	-	Anglo-Saxon
Cathal	KA-hal	Irish
Adalet	-	Turkish