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.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Kianoush	-	Persian
Burroughs	['bʌrəuz]
Kaito	kah-ee-to	Japanese
Mirza	-	Persian, Arabic, Bosnian
MercÈ	-	Catalan
Laxman	-	Indian, Marathi, Hindi, Telugu