paddle Идиома

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.

More Idioms/Phrases

up against it up and about up and at them up for grabs up front up in arms up in the air up one's sleeve up the creek up to up to no good up to one's ears up to one's neck up to par up to the last minute up-and-coming up-to-date