I've been left to paddle my own canoe too many times.
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Sally isn't with us. She's off paddling her own canoe.
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{v. phr.}, {informal} To work without help; earn your own living; support yourself. * /After his father died, John had to paddle his own canoe./ Syn.: HOE ONE'S OWN ROW. Compare: MAKE ONE'S WAY.
I've been left to paddle my own canoe too many times.
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Sally isn't with us. She's off paddling her own canoe.
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{v. phr.}, {informal} To work without help; earn your own living; support yourself. * /After his father died, John had to paddle his own canoe./ Syn.: HOE ONE'S OWN ROW. Compare: MAKE ONE'S WAY.
устраивать свои дела без помощи кого-либо, самостоятельно
He wouldn't accept a job in his father's business because he was determind to paddle his own canoe.