be knee-high to a grasshopper

be knee-high to a grasshopper

To be young. When I was knee-high to a grasshopper, I loved playing with dolls and stuffed animals. Unfortunately, Ed's mother died when he was still knee-high to a grasshopper.
See also: grasshopper
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • grasshopper
  • knee high to a grasshopper
  • knee-high to a grasshopper
  • knee-high to a duck
  • knee-high to a jackrabbit
  • knee-high by the 4th of July
  • knee
  • all the thing
  • in thing, the
  • knee-high in (something)
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Little John may be knee-high to a grasshopper but he stands up for backbench MPs against Government ministers.