| 词组 | canoe |
| 释义 | canoe 1. noun a marijuana cigarette which burns unevenly or is holed. The resemblance to a simple canoe: 'a log with a hole in one side', 2001 2. verb 1 to have sex US, 1954. 2 (used of a marijuana cigarette) to burn only on the top US, 1989 paddle (one's) own canoeTo act independently. Now that you're 30, people expect you to paddle your own canoe—you can't just live with your parents forever. paddle one's own canoeFig. 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. paddle one's own canoeBe independent and self-reliant, as in It's time Bill learned to paddle his own canoe. This idiom alludes to steering one's own boat. [c. 1800] paddle your own canoeIf you paddle your own canoe, you control what you want to do without anyone's help or interference. With no one managing him, he was basically left to paddle his own canoe. As far as the rest of Europe is concerned we've just got to paddle our own canoe. paddle your own canoebe independent and self-sufficient. informalThis expression has been in figurative use from the early 19th century: it was the title of a popular song by Sarah T. Bolton in 1854 . paddle one's own canoe, toTo be independent and self-reliant. The analogy to steering one’s boat is very old indeed; Euripides drew it in his play Cyclops (ca. 440 b.c.). Canoes being largely a Western Hemisphere conveyance, this particular version of the term is American in origin. It dates from about 1800. An early appearance in print occurs in Frederick Marryat’s Settlers in Canada (1840). A few years later Harper’s Monthly (May 1854) published the following ditty: “Voyager upon life’s sea, to yourself be true, And whate’er your lot may be, paddle your own canoe.” It became a popular music-hall song. |
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