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not funny at all. The first theory is that the phrase comes from the old method of killing pigs at a market. The dead animal would be hung upside down and its feet tied to a length of wood known as a bucket. The pig’s feet would therefore knock or kick against the bucket. The other theory comes from a method of committing suicide by standing on a bucket with a noose of rope around the neck. The person kicked the bucket away in order to hang himself. knee high to a grasshopper мелочь пузатая M E A N I N G : very young and, therefore, very short Mr. Fernandez always reminds me that he knew me when I was just knee high to a grasshopper. ORIGIN: Always jocular, this American expression was first recorded in 1814 as knee high to a toad. Grasshopper caught on about 1850 because they definitely have knees, and the saying stuck. To come up to the knee of a grasshopper, one would be less than an inch tall. kowtow лебезить, заискивать, угодничать; стоять на задних лапках (перед к л) M E A N I N G : to behave humbly and to obey someone without question My boss expects me to kowtow to him all the time. ORIGIN: This expression was brought back from China by early European explorers. It comes from the two 67