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be knee-high to a grasshopper (humorous)/ (idiomatic) short; especially relating to when the subject was a small child
Usage notes: A grasshopper is an extremely small insect.
--The last time I came here I was knee-high to a grasshopper.
--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.:clap:
Usage notes: A grasshopper is an extremely small insect.
--The last time I came here I was knee-high to a grasshopper.
--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.:clap: