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
Carolineka-ro-LEEN (French), KER-ə-lien (English), KER-ə-lin (English), KAR-ə-lien (English), KAR-ə-lin (English)French, English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch
Ronnie['rɔni]
LulaLOO-ləEnglish
LinseyLIN-zeeEnglish
TonĆI-Croatian
Gundisalvus-Ancient Germanic (Latinized)