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Hong Kong high knees

Walking very fast around tourist destinations, driven by FOMO. The person with the high knees is virtually running in an attempt to see every attraction and experience the destination to its fullest.

Other variations include the Singapore Shuffle and Tokyo tap dance.
I’m glad Dad was wearing his yellow cap. He went “Hong Kong high knees” as soon as he got out of the subway at Kowloon and we almost lost him.

knee high to a grasshopper

being very young or back when you where just a kid. possibly intending that someone is short.
"back when i was knee high to a grasshopper, we where never careful."
"your about knee high to a grasshopper arent you?"

knee high to a duck 

referring to when somebody was younger or even when he or she was a child.
"I've known Charlie since I was knee high to a duck."

knee-high 

Similar to "back in the day". Usage signifies that you have known said person for a long time; technically since you were little kids who were only as tall as the lower leg of an adult. Your height was "knee high".
Aaron: Hey man, that kid Sam is a real chiller. How do you know him?
Ben: He's been my boy for a while. I know that kid from knee-high
knee-high by marshy boy December 7, 2006

knee high to a dick 

knee high to a dick by Felix April 21, 2003

knee high 

noun. 1. When lying down under a blanket, a hard on that resembles a knee.
Random Girl: "Jamie, move your knee. I can't see the television."
Jamie: "That's not my knee. That's a knee high!"
knee high by Cindy February 14, 2006