knee-high to a grasshopper

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knee-high to a grasshopper

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  1. idiomatic, not comparable short; especially relating to when the subject was a small child

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Françaishaut comme trois pommes
Deutschdrei Käse hoch
Italianoalto come un soldo di cacio
Русскийот горшка́ два вершка́ ot goršká dva veršká, метр с ке́пкой metr s képkoj, метр в прыжке́ metr v pryžké

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@misc{knee_high_to_a_grasshopper_2026,
  title = {knee-high to a grasshopper},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/knee-high%20to%20a%20grasshopper},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}