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
Nuno	-	Portuguese, Medieval Portuguese
Severin	ZE-ve-reen (German)	German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Carolin	KAH-ro-leen	German
Padrig	-	Welsh, Breton
Yuhanna	-	Arabic
Alessandro	ahl-e-SAHN-dro	Italian