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
Nedeljka		NED-e-lykah	Croatian, Serbian
Femke		FEM-kə (Dutch)	Dutch, Frisian
Lolita		[ləu'li:tə]
Juozapas		-	Lithuanian
Stefano		ste-FAH-no	Italian
Hafeez		-	Arabic

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