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huckleberry above one's persimmon

huckleberry above one's persimmon phrase: something beyond one's power or ability.

Phrase

huckleberry above one's persimmon

  1. (US, idiomatic) Something beyond one's power or ability.
    • […] still it is a huckleberry above my persimmon to cipher out how it is with six months' schooling only […]1837, Davy Crockett, Col. Crockett's Exploits and Adventures in Texas, page 1

Questions about huckleberry above one's persimmon

What does huckleberry above one's persimmon mean?
Huckleberry above one's persimmon means something beyond one's power or ability.
What part of speech is huckleberry above one's persimmon?
Huckleberry above one's persimmon is a phrase.

Words near huckleberry above one's persimmon in the dictionary

  1. hucklebacks
  2. huckleberried
  3. huckleberries
  4. huckleberry
  5. huckleberry above a persimmon
  6. huckleberry above one's persimmon
  7. Huckleberry Finn
  8. huckleberrying
  9. hucklebone
  10. hucklebones
  11. hucklebuck

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