be a tall order



be a tall order

To be a difficult task to complete or accomplish. The boss wants me to compile 300 pages of data today, which is a tall order. Baking hundreds of cupcakes in one night is a tall order.
See also: order, tall

be a tall order

if a piece of work or request is a tall order, it is very difficult to do 'They've given us three weeks to get the project finished.' 'That's a tall order.'
See also: order, tall

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NameGenderPronouncedUsage
AmÉRicoah-ME-ree-ko (Spanish)Spanish, Portuguese
Sanjay-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Odia, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, Nepali
Eutychus-Biblical, Biblical Latin
NealNEELEnglish
Cerridwyn-Welsh
GuusKHUYSDutch