grasshopper's

I'm an ant relaxing in the winter of my career, and that grasshopper's still banging on my door in the freezing cold.

On Happiness and Regrets Sage 2009

I'm an ant relaxing in the winter of my career, and that grasshopper's still banging on my door in the freezing cold.

Archive 2009-07-01 Sage 2009

I remember watching an infamous Judo brown belt rendered almost helpless against a 6-foot weakling who just wouldn't clinch - none of the clever holds would work 'cause he could never get a grip of the grasshopper's constantly folding limbs - it ain't easy unless you stun 'em first - and these cops could have been far uglier but were obviously following some protocol, they just weren't very efficient.

John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting... 2009

Inadequate government funding is blamed for the grasshopper's drug 'illness'.

This country has become a joke! 2007

Inadequate government funding is blamed for the grasshopper's drug 'illness'.

Archive 2007-10-01 2007

Obviously Christian predestinationists to the last ant, they met the grasshopper's grim fate by another route, and did not look at all surprised in death.

Joe Bageant: "The Ants of Gaia" Michael Caddell 2007

"We are subversive parents, " Alex whispered to Lacy as they sat with their knees bent high as a grasshopper's at one of the undersize tables during Open School Day.

Nineteen Minutes Picoult, Jodi, 1966- 2007

Yet, the grasshopper's strengths -- improvisation and spontaneity -- might furnish Darwinian superiority in a tropical land where the dangers are unpredictable.

Archive 2004-12-26 Steve Sailer 2004

Yet, the grasshopper's strengths -- improvisation and spontaneity -- might furnish Darwinian superiority in a tropical land where the dangers are unpredictable.

Jared Diamond's "Collapse" Steve Sailer 2004

It would have seemed like a throng to somebody knee-high to a grasshopper's knee.

4 reel Alistair Myles 2006