English Idioms About “Time”
Idiom: Turn back the clock
Meaning: (Also wind back the clock or roll back the clock) figuratively to return in time to an earlier period of history.
Example: When their relationship had started deteriorating, he told her that they should turn back the clock and just go back to when things were simpler.

English Idioms About “Travel”
Idiom: Paddle one’s own canoe
Meaning: To act independently and decide your own fate; to do something by oneself.
Example: He’s been left to paddle his own canoe when he started his business.