stand on one's own feet

Act or behave independently, as in You've got to learn to stand on your own feet and not always listen to your peers. [Mid-1500s]

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Irit	-	Hebrew
Devereux	DEV-ə-ro	English (Rare)
Cyril	SIR-əl (English), SEER-əl (English), TSI-ril (Czech)	English, French, Czech, Slovak
Hryhoriy	hri-HO-reey	Ukrainian
Sostrate	-	Ancient Greek
Lyudmil	-	Bulgarian, Medieval Slavic