knee-high by the 4th of July

knee-high by the 4th of July
*knee-high by the 4th of July
Fig. grown as tall as it should. (Corn seedlings are proverbially supposed to be as high as someone's knee by July 4th.) (*Typically: be \knee-high by the 4th of July; become \knee-high by the 4th of July; grow \knee-high by the 4th of July.) •

What with this drought, I don't think the crop will be knee-high by the 4th of July.

It's gonna be a good year. Knee-high by the 4th of July.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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