knee-high to a jackrabbit



*knee-high to a jackrabbit

 and *knee-high to a grasshopper
Rur. very small or short. (Usually used to describe children. *Typically: be ~; since someone was ~.) I've known you since you were knee-high to a jackrabbit. My, how you've grown! The last time I saw you, you were knee-high to a grasshopper!

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Aenor-Ancient Germanic (Latinized)
ÅSaAW-sahSwedish
Ramonarah-MO-nah (Spanish), rə-MON-ə (English)Spanish, Romanian, English
MikaelMEE-kah-elSwedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish
Tisiphone-Greek Mythology
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