And we appeared in our eyes as grasshoppers
Figuratively: We appeared in our own eyes as small as grasshoppers.
("And there we saw the Nephilim, the sons of Anak, among the Nephilim, and they seemed to us like giants, and so we seemed to them" - Deuteronomy 13:33, the spies of the congregation of Israel)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
וּנְהִי בְּעֵינֵנוּ כַּחֲגָבִים
Definition (Hebrew)
בִּמְלִיצָה: נִדְמִינוּ בְּעֵינֵי עַצְמֵנוּ לִקְטַנִּים כְּמוֹ חֲגָבִים.
("וְשָׁם רָאִינוּ אֶת הַנְּפִילִים בְּנֵי עֲנָק מִן הַנְּפִלִים וַנְּהִי בְעֵינֵינוּ כַּחֲגָבִים וְכֵן הָיִינוּ בְּעֵינֵיהֶם"- בְּמִדְבַּר יג לג, הַמְּרַגְּלִים לַעֲדַת יִשְׂרָאֵל)