- 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.
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at mother's knee
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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 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 … New idioms dictionary
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
at one's mother's knee — ► at one s mother s knee at an early age. Main Entry: ↑knee … English terms dictionary
knee — ► NOUN 1) the joint between the thigh and the lower leg. 2) the upper surface of a person s thigh when sitting. 3) something resembling a knee in shape or position, e.g. an angled piece of wood or metal. ► VERB (knees, kneed, kneeing) ▪ hit with… … English terms dictionary
at one's mother's knee — at one s mother s (or father s) knee at an early age … Useful english dictionary
knee — n. 1) to bend one s knees 2) to dislocate; wrench one s knee 3) a trick ( defective ) knee 4) (fig.) at smb. s knee (she learned the language at her mother s knee) 5) (usu. fig.) on bended knee(s) * * * [niː] wrench one s knee a trick ( defective … Combinatory 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
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
