knee-high to a grasshopper

knee-high to a grasshopper (orig US)

Very short, with connotation of extreme youth

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Main Entry: ↑knee

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knee-high to a grasshopper informal old-fashioned phrase

very small, because you are very young

Thesaurus: words used to describe height_hyponym high and height_synonym

Main entry: knee-high

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informal very small or very young

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knee-high to a ˈgrasshopper idiom

(informal, humorous) very small; very young

Main entry: ↑knee-high_idiom