long drink of water

long drink of water

A very tall person. “Look at that basketball player—what a long drink of water!” The image is the distance that water would travel down the throat of someone of great height.

See also: drink, long, of, water

Common Names:

Name	Gender	Pronounced	Usage
Marlee		-	English (Modern)
Abd Al-Wali		-	Arabic
Aviva		ah-VEEV-ah	Hebrew
Cainneach		-	Irish
Wenzel		-	German
PĀVils		-	Latvian

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