Money & finance
stand on your own two feet
become independent
To stand on your own two feet is to manage your life and money independently without relying on other people.
Hear it in real life
Do your parents still pay your bills?
No, I can stand on my own two feet now.
Getting a full-time job helped me stand on my own two feet.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I can stand by my own two feet now.
Say: I can stand on my own two feet now.
The idiom takes “on”; “by my own two feet” is a learner mix-up with “by myself.”
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
stand on your own two feet; learn to stand on your own two feet
Your turn: say it out loud
Getting a full-time job helped me stand on my own two feet.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
stand on your own two feet
become independent
“Getting a full-time job helped me stand on my own two feet.”
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