Phrase guide

knee-high to a grasshopper

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

short; especially relating to when the subject was a small child

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic, not-comparable

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Across languages

Translations

8 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: vaahtosammuttimen kokoinen — short
  • French: haut comme trois pommes — short
  • German: drei Käse hoch — short
  • Italian: alto come un soldo di cacio — short
  • Polish: ledwo odrosnąć od ziemi — short
  • Russian: от горшка́ два вершка́ (ot goršká dva veršká) — short
  • Russian: метр с ке́пкой (metr s képkoj) — short
  • Russian: метр в прыжке́ (metr v pryžké) — short