門前に before [in front of] a gate
- 門前(に)市を成すhave many visitors; be prosperous
- あの店は門前市をなす盛況だ
- That store is 「doing a flourishing business [prospering].
- 門前の小僧習わぬ経を読むlearn something 「by watching [without being taught]
- 彼に門前払いを食わされた
- He shut [slammed] the door in my face./He turned me away from his door./He refused to see me.
- 門前町a town [city] built originally in front of a temple [shrine]