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.
See also: knee

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Dunham['dʌhəm]
Selma['selmə]
Sheine-Yiddish
PÁLaPOW-lahIcelandic
Jung-Sookjung-sookKorean
AgnesAG-nəs (English), AHK-nes (German), AHKH-nəs (Dutch), AHNG-nes (Swedish)English, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Ancient Greek (Latinized)