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.
Words Nearby knee-high to a grasshopper
- knee breeches
- kneecap
- knee-deep
- knee drop
- knee-high
- knee-high to a grasshopper
- kneehole
- knee jerk
- knee-jerk reflex
- kneel
- knee-length
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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