huckleberry above one's persimmon

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Phrase

a huckleberry above one's persimmon

1. (US, idiomatic) Something beyond one's power or ability.
   • 1837, Davy Crockett, Col. Crockett's Exploits and Adventures in Texas, page 1:

     […] still it is a huckleberry above my persimmon to cipher out how it is with six months' schooling only […]

Related terms

• above one's huckleberry
• huckleberry above a persimmon