at elbow

Related to at elbow: tennis 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
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

at (one's) elbow

Close at hand; nearby.
See also: elbow
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
See also:
  • at (one's) elbow
  • at someone's elbow
  • at your elbow
  • bend (one's)/the elbow
  • bend elbow
  • bend one’s elbow
  • bend the elbow
  • bend your elbow
  • crook one's elbow