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From: Japanese-English Electronic Dictionary 和英電子辞書

 門前の小僧
 もんぜんのこぞう
 Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)
 see: 門前の小僧習わぬ経を読む・もんぜんのこぞうならわぬきょうをよむ
 idiomatic expression
 abbreviation
 you learn, without realising it, from what is around you
 a young monk outside the gate (can read sutras he has never studied)
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