canoe

paddle one's own canoe

Fig. to do something by oneself; to be alone. I've been left to paddle my own canoe too many times. Sally isn't with us. She's off paddling her own canoe.

paddle your own canoe

(informal)

to be independent and not need help from anyone else We hoped that after he left college he'd paddle his own canoe.

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]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Kari (2)	KAH-ree	Finnish
Placid	PLA-sid	English (Rare)
Eleftherios	-	Greek
Luciano	loo-CHAH-no (Italian), loo-THYAH-no (Spanish), loo-SYAH-no (Latin American Spanish)	Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Renee	rə-NAY	English
Perceval	-	Arthurian Romance