stand on (your) own (two) feet

to provide yourself with all the things that you need without asking for help.

It's time that kid learned to stand on his own two feet.

• keep at arm's length
• keep at bay
• keep a tight rein on
• keep a tight rein on someone
• keep a tight rein on something
• keep at something
• keep a weather eye on
• keep a weather eye on someone
• be sacrificed on the altar of
• be sacrificed on the altar of something
• be said for
• be said for doing something
• be said for something
• be scared out of mind
• be scared out of your mind
• be scared shitless
• be scared to death
• be scattered to the four winds
• be second to none
• be set in concrete
• be set in stone
• be several cards short of a full deck
• be shaking in boots
• be shaking in shoes
• be shaking in your boots