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
Salah-Arabic
Cathrine-Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
BookerBUWK-ərEnglish
GracelynGRAYS-linEnglish (Modern)
Shprintze-Yiddish
EmeraldEM-ə-rəldEnglish (Modern)