Idiom idiom
knee-high to a grasshopper
Meaning
short; especially relating to when the subject was a small child
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I have known him since he was knee-high to a grasshopper.”
“The old man laughed, remembering when his daughter was only knee-high to a grasshopper and loved playing in the garden.”
“Returning to the village after decades away, he found it difficult to recognize the adults who were merely knee-high to a grasshopper when he last walked these streets.”
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Last updated August 10, 2026