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knee-high to a grasshopper
knee-high to a grasshopper
knee-high to a grasshopper
Quite young, as in
I haven't seen him since I was knee-high to a grasshopper
. This hyperbolic expression, dating from about 1850 and alluding to someone's youth, replaced the earlier
knee-high to a mosquito
or
bumblebee
or
splinter
.
See also:
grasshopper
knee-high to a grasshopper
mod.
of very short stature. (Folksy.)
I knew you when you were knee-high to a grasshopper.
See also:
grasshopper
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Frederikke
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Junia
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