huckleberry above one's persimmon

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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 []

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