- at your mother's knee
- at (your) mother's knee
if you learned to do something at your mother's knee, you learned it when you were a young child.
I learned to sew at my mother's knee.
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at your mother's knee
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at your mother's knee — at your ˌmother s ˈknee f8 idiom when you were very young • I learnt these songs at my mother s knee. Main entry: ↑motheridiom … Useful english dictionary
learn something at your mother's knee — learn (something) at your mother s knee : to learn (something) when you are very young I learned to speak French at my mother s knee. • • • Main Entry: ↑knee learn (something) at your mother s knee see ↑knee, 1 … Useful english dictionary
learn at your mother's knee — learn (something) at your mother s knee : to learn (something) when you are very young I learned to speak French at my mother s knee. • • • Main Entry: ↑knee learn (something) at your mother s knee see ↑knee, 1 … Useful english dictionary
at mother's knee — at (your) mother s knee if you learned to do something at your mother s knee, you learned it when you were a young child. I learned to sew at my mother s knee … New idioms dictionary
knee — 1 /ni:/ noun (C) 1 the joint that bends in the middle of your leg: Lift using your knees, not your back. 2 the part of your clothes that covers your knee: holes in both knees 3 on sb s knee on the top part of your legs when you are sitting down:… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
knee — knee1 W2S2 [ni:] n [: Old English; Origin: cneow] 1.) the joint that bends in the middle of your leg ▪ Lucy had a bandage round her knee. on your knees ▪ She was on her knees (=kneeling) weeding the garden. sink/fall/drop to your knees (=move so… … Dictionary of contemporary English
mother — 1 noun (C) 1 PARENT a female parent of a child or animal: His mother and father are both doctors. | Can I borrow your car please, Mother? | mother hen/cat/dog etc (=an animal that is a mother) 2 be (like) a mother to to care for someone as if you … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
mother — moth|er1 W1S1 [ˈmʌðə US ər] n [: Old English; Origin: modor] 1.) a female parent of a child or animal ▪ His mother and father are both doctors. mother of two/three etc (=mother of two/three etc children) ▪ Janet is a full time teacher and a… … Dictionary of contemporary English
knee — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ left, right ▪ bony, knobbly, knobby (esp. AmE) ▪ bare ▪ bent … Collocations dictionary
Mother Angelica — Mother Mary Angelica of the Annunciation Mother Angelica, Founder of EWTN Born Rita Antoinette Rizzo April 20, 1923 (1923 04 20) (age 88) … Wikipedia
