| 词汇 | paddle my own canoe |
| 释义 | (redirected from paddle my own canoe)paddle (one's) own canoeTo act independently. Now that you're 30, people expect you to paddle your own canoe—you can't just live with your parents forever. paddle one's own canoeFig. 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 one's own canoeBe 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] paddle your own canoeIf you paddle your own canoe, you control what you want to do without anyone's help or interference. With no one managing him, he was basically left to paddle his own canoe. As far as the rest of Europe is concerned we've just got to paddle our own canoe. paddle your own canoebe independent and self-sufficient. informalThis expression has been in figurative use from the early 19th century: it was the title of a popular song by Sarah T. Bolton in 1854 . |
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