Tall enough to reach your waist — used about things that stand up from the ground: a wall, a fence, grass, a plant, a pile of boxes. 'A waist-high fence' is one you could rest your hands on.

Tall enough to reach your waist高到可以到你的腰 — used about things that stand up from the ground用來說從地上立起來的東西：a wall, a fence, grass, a plant, a pile of boxes像牆、圍籬、草、植物、一堆箱子。'A waist-high fence'「a waist-high fence」 is one you could rest your hands on是你可以把手放上去的那種。

The difference from 'waist-deep' is direction: 'deep' is for something you go down into (water, snow, mud), 'high' is for something standing up beside you. Snow can take either — waist-deep if you are wading through it, waist-high if you are looking at the drift.

The difference from 'waist-deep'跟「waist-deep」的差別 is direction在於方向：'deep'「deep」 is for something you go down into用在你往下陷進去的東西 (water, snow, mud水、雪、泥)，'high'「high」 is for something standing up beside you用在立在你旁邊的東西。Snow雪 can take either兩種都可以用 — waist-deep if you are wading through it如果你在裡面涉水前進就用waist-deep，waist-high if you are looking at the drift如果你是在看那堆雪就用waist-high。

It works before a noun ('waist-high weeds') and after the verb ('the corn was already waist-high by June'). Like all these body-measure words, it is casual and picture-making rather than exact.

It它 works before a noun可以放在名詞前面 ('waist-high weeds'像「waist-high weeds」) and而且也可以 after the verb放在動詞後面 ('the corn was already waist-high by June'像「the corn was already waist-high by June」)。Like all these body-measure words就像這些用身體來量的字一樣，it它 is casual and picture-making rather than exact是隨性、畫面式的講法而不是精確的。