If you see elbows in a dream, then such dream foretells about the necessity to get more freedom and independency. Perhaps you are afraid to show others that you need more individual time only for yourself in order to perform greatly. If the elbow is broken or injured, then such dream shows your incapability to cope with some situation in your waking life. The elbow could also be related to your sexuality. Consider that different elbows have different meanings, as for example the right elbow represents your honesty and the left elbow represents stagnancy.
Dream dictionary: Elbows dream meanings
…To see elbows in a dream, signifies that arduous labors will devolve upon you, and for which you will receive small reimbursements. For a young woman, this is a prognostic of favorable opportunities to make a reasonably wealthy marriage. If the elbows are soiled, she will lose a good chance of securing a home by marriage….
If they are injured or sore, it announces next annoyances.
…where is your insignia?” He put his elbows on the table, leaned his face on his hands, and fixed me with his great angry eyes. The question naturally staggered me. I had no answer, no excuse, no clue to its meaning; but the same strange inspiration seized me, and letting myself go, as it were, 1 calmly answered,”I was sent to meet you here.”He was still suspicious. “By whom?” he snapped.This was a poser. But it flashed across my mind that a few minutes before I had heard the girl mention the name ”Dusetto” She had articulated it so prettily that it caught my attention, and I ventured to pronounce it now, noticing its effect on both with a quiet smile. Still the man was not satisfied, and I was wondering how long I could bluff the matter out, when the girl came to my rescue. Laying her little hand…
On the legs, represents cares, charges and profit in labor. Upon the arms and elbows, means vexation, sorrows, and loss of time and of means. To have the back covered with them, or to have it broken or wounded, represents victory of enemies, or of envious people, universal contempt.