от горшка два вершка

• ОТ ГОРШКА ДВА <ТРИ> ВЕРШКА coll

[NP; these forms only; usu. predic with subj: human, often omitted; fixed WO]

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⇒ (of a child or, less often, an adult) very small in height:

- knee-high to a grasshopper;

- a little bit of a thing;

- peewee;

- half pint;

- pint-size ([NP]);

- [accompanied by the gesture of placing the hand at a level indicating a short height] no bigger <taller, higher> than this.

     ♦ "Вон слыхал про Мамлакат, от горшка два вершка, а с самим вождём за ручку здоровкается [ungrammat = здоровается]" (Максимов 2). "You've heard about Mamlakat-only knee-high to a grasshopper she was, but she got to meet Stalin" (2a).

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← "Вершок" is an old unit of linear measurement equal to 4.4 cm.