island

maroon (one) on an island

To cause one to become stranded or stuck on an island. The captain will maroon us on an island if he insists on sailing in these dreadful conditions.
See also: island, maroon, on

no man is an island(, entire of itself)

A person requires the company and support of others and society as a whole in order to thrive. The line is from John Donne's Devotions upon Emergent Occasions, published in 1624. Look, I know you're very proud man, but you need to let other people help you if you're in trouble. No man is an island, Dan. It's when our communities rally around us in times of tragedy that we truly appreciate that no man is an island, entire of itself.
See also: man, no, of
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

maroon someone on an island

to strand someone on something; to abandon someone on something, such as an island. The pirate captain marooned his first mate on a small island in the Caribbean. Through a navigation error, I marooned myself on a tiny island east of Guam.
See also: island, maroon, on
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

no man is an island

Human beings necessarily depend on one another, as in You can't manage this all by yourself; no man is an island. This expression is a quotation from John Donne's Devotions (1624): "No man is an Island, entire of it self; every man is a piece of the Continent, a part of the main."
See also: island, man, no
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
See also:
  • maroon
  • maroon (one) on an island
  • maroon on an island
  • sail from (some place) to (some place else)
  • sail for (some place)
  • sail for some place
  • bliss
  • bliss (one) out
  • bliss someone out
  • blissed out
References in classic literature
These long conferences were bitter trials to the patience of the captain, who had no respect either for the governor or his island, and was anxious to push on in quest of provisions and water.
This is the most beautiful island of the Sandwich group.
Astoria or Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountain
This group is composed principally of nine large islands, that form a band of 120 leagues N.N.S.
It was the name of the islands on which La Perouse had been lost!
20000 Leagues Under The Sea
When I was at some distance from the pirates, I discovered, by my pocket-glass, several islands to the south-east.
Gullivers Travels
The whole group of islands had just been taken possession of by Rear-Admiral Du Petit Thouars, in the name of the invincible French nation.
We afterwards learned that our eccentric friend had been a lieutenant in the English navy; but having disgraced his flag by some criminal conduct in one of the principal ports on the main, he had deserted his ship, and spent many years wandering among the islands of the Pacific, until accidentally being at Nukuheva when the French took possession of the place, he had been appointed pilot of the harbour by the newly constituted authorities.
Typee
Then he headed straight for Walrus Islet, a little low sheet of rocky island almost due northeast from Novastoshnah, all ledges and rock and gulls' nests, where the walrus herded by themselves.
He was going to find Sea Cow, if there was such a person in the sea, and he was going to find a quiet island with good firm beaches for seals to live on, where men could not get at them.
Jungle Book
All the early voyagers, and especially Bougainville, distinctly state that the wolf-like fox was the only native animal on the island. The distinction of the rabbit as a species, is taken from peculiarities in the fur, from the shape of the head, and from the shortness of the ears.
I have in another part stated how singular it is tha there should be absolutely no trees on these islands, althoug Tierra del Fuego is covered by one large forest.
The Voyage of the Beagle
that on the south side, which had hurried me away, and that on the north, which lay about a league on the other side; I say, between these two, in the wake of the island, I found the water at least still, and running no way; and having still a breeze of wind fair for me, I kept on steering directly for the island, though not making such fresh way as I did before.
Robinson Crusoe
Their obi-men, or wizards, went up and down among the angry throngs, pouring fuel on the flame of their fanaticism; and some of the excited wretches, more furious and daring than the rest, attempted to get to the island by swimming, but they were easily driven off.
Five Weeks in a Balloon
"A fine fomuly--no finer on the island. No better lods ever sailed out of Island McGill.
The Strength of the Strong
Another night when we was up at the head of the island, just before daylight, here comes a frame-house down, on the west side.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn