stand on two feet

stand on one's (own) two feet

to act in an independent and forthright manner. I can stand on my own two feet without any help from you! Dave will be better off when he gets a job and can stand on his own feet.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Cyrille	see-REEL	French
Corbinian	kawr-BEE-nee-ahn	German
Khaled	-	Arabic
Yechi'el	-	Biblical Hebrew
Hella	HE-lah (German)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German
Aeschylus	ES-kəl-əs (English)	Ancient Greek (Latinized)