There is a song "Something That I Want" (ending theme from Tangled). It has the following lines:
She's a girl with the best intentions.
He's a man of his own invention.
What is the meaning of the second line? Is there are some kind of idiom?
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Sign up to join this communityThis is a version of the more common expression self-made man. It indicates a person who has made their own way in the world, most usually someone who started life poor and became rich by hard work.
I searched for the second line as to whether it was an idiom or a phrase. However I dint find anything of such sort. Perhaps the line " He's a man of his invention" means that the person in question discovered some unique traits within himself and worked upon them to make himself successful.