knee-high to a grasshopper
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Whistler discoursed wittily, waspishly, but he wasn't knee-high to a grasshopper when confronted with Wilde.
From Unicorns by James Huneker
The influence of Verdi has been supreme among the Verdists of young Italy, though not one has proved knee-high to a grasshopper when compared with the composer of that incomparable Falstaffo.
From Ivory Apes and Peacocks by James Huneker
Ever since you were knee-high to a grasshopper you had a knack for pitching hay.
From Ted and the Telephone by William F. (William Frederick) Stecher
Raised right in the same town with him, from a kid knee-high to a grasshopper!
From Fore! by Charles Emmett Van Loan
Why, I ain't bin inside a schoolhouse since I was knee-high to a grasshopper.
From Trent's Trust, and Other Stories by Bret Harte
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