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.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Coline	-	French
Arezoo	-	Persian
Iason	-	Greek Mythology, Ancient Greek, Greek, Biblical Greek, Biblical Latin
Kalena	-	Hawaiian
Temujin	-	History
Briggs	[brigz]