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
Fatsanifah-TSAH-neeSouthern African, Chewa
Hanley['hænli]
Lesya-Ukrainian
Baqir-Arabic
Kallikrates-Ancient Greek
HebeHEE-bee (English)Greek Mythology