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
Babirye	-	Eastern African, Ganda
Eirlys	-	Welsh
KristĪNe	-	Latvian
Zsuzsanna	ZHOO-zhawn-naw	Hungarian
Herberto	er-BER-to (Spanish)	Spanish, Portuguese
Abram (1)	AY-brəm (English)	English, Biblical