"knee-high to a grasshopper" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: En-au-knee-high to a grasshopper.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} knee-high to a grasshopper (not comparable)
  1. (idiomatic) short; especially relating to when the subject was a small child Tags: idiomatic, not-comparable Translations (short): vaahtosammuttimen kokoinen (Finnish), haut comme trois pommes (French), drei Käse hoch (German), alto come un soldo di cacio (Italian), ledwo odrosnąć od ziemi [perfective] (Polish), от горшка́ два вершка́ (ot goršká dva veršká) (note: two "vershoks" from the night-pot) (Russian), метр с ке́пкой (metr s képkoj) (english: meter high with a cap on) (Russian), метр в прыжке́ (metr v pryžké) (english: meter high when jumping) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-knee-high_to_a_grasshopper-en-adj-NU8Vy-Qr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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