Significato: paddle

pad·dle || 'pædln. pagaia; spatola; il remare con la pagaia; (Idr) pala; (Zool) pinna, natatoria, alettav. remare con la pagaia; remare lentamente; muovere con una ruota a pale

paddle Idioma

paddle your own canoe

be an individual, be independent Love many, trust few, but always paddle your own canoe.

paddle

a gun:"Say why ya creep without a muthaphuckin paddle" -- Lady or Rage (Lyrical Gangbang [1992]).

up the creek without a paddle

Idiom(s): up the creek (without a paddle)

Theme: TROUBLE

in a bad situation. (Slang. Use with caution. There is a taboo version of this phrase.)
• What a mess I’m in. I'm really up the creek without a paddle.
• I tried to prevent it, hut I seem to he up the creek, too.

paddle one's own canoe

Idiom(s): paddle one's own canoe

Theme: INDEPENDENCE

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.

Up a river without a paddle

If you up a river without a paddle, you are in an unfortunate situation, unprepared and with none of the resources to remedy the matter.

Paddle your own canoe.

Mind your own business and be self-reliant.

paddle one's own canoe|canoe|paddle

v. phr., informal To work without help; earn your own living; support yourself. After his father died, John had to paddle his own canoe.
Synonym: HOE ONE'S OWN ROW.
Compare: MAKE ONE'S WAY.

up the creek|creek|paddle|up|up the creek without

adj. phr., informal In trouble or difficulty and unable to do anything about it; stuck. Father said that if the car ran out of gas in the middle of the desert, we would be up the creek without a paddle. I'll be up the creek if I don't pass this history test.
Compare: DEEP WATER, IN THE SOUP, UP A TREE, OUT OF LUCK.