boldogul

• to make shift with sg

• to get on with sg

• to make one's way in life, to push one's fortune, to push oneself

• to be in smooth water, to be in smooth waters

• to get nowhere

• to plod one's way

• to fight one's way

• to paddle one's own canoe

• parted

• thriving

• pick-up, prosperity, weal, welfare

• he will get on

• he will get on in the world

• I couldn't make a go of it

• to give sy a leg up

• sink or swim

• now you must cope with things alone