knee-high to a grasshopper

idiom

informal
: very young and small
I haven't seen you since you were knee-high to a grasshopper.

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“Knee-high to a grasshopper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/knee-high%20to%20a%20grasshopper. Accessed 18 Nov. 2024.

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