"On your own" phrases

Posted by R. Berg on January 04, 2005

In Reply to: "On your own" phrases posted by Brian from Shawnee on January 04, 2005

: : I wonder if people in this forum have some good phrases meaning a person is 'on his own'in something .... in a situation that compels self-reliance? Or in a lonley terra incognita? Confronting a mystery or challengeon one's own.

: : Thanks.

: It's interesting that this question was posted by "Spark" because it was the character "Sparks" in The Ox-Bow Incident who sang the spiritual "Lonesome Valley" after the lynching. So, when you're on your own, you are "walking the lonesome valley". I can't seem to pin down a website with the exact lyrics that I recall from the movie, but Google finds lots of versions of it.

"Paddle your own canoe" is traditional.

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