at (one's) elbow



at (one's) elbow

Close by; readily available. Please stay at your mother's elbow, in case she needs your help. I'm not very creative in the kitchen, so I always have a cookbook at my elbow when I prepare a new dish.
See also: elbow

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
LotharLO-tahr (German)German, Ancient Germanic
Osanna-Italian (Rare)
Arethousa-Greek Mythology
Dumisani-Southern African, Zulu
Federicafe-de-REE-kahItalian
AnŽE-Slovene