learn something at your mother's knee

learn something at your mother's knee
learn (something) at your mother's knee
: to learn (something) when you are very young

I learned to speak French at my mother's knee.

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Main Entry:knee
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learn (something) at your mother's knee — see knee, 1
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Main Entry:mother

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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