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
BethanieBETH-ə-neeEnglish (Rare)
HeliosHEE-lee-os (English)Greek Mythology
Jacinthezha-SENTFrench
Secundus-Ancient Roman
Marica-Hungarian, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
Honoratahaw-naw-RAH-tah (Polish)Late Roman, Polish