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
Abessa	-	Biblical Greek
Sibylla	zi-BUY-lah (German)	Greek, German, Swedish, Late Roman, Late Greek
EugÊNia	-	Portuguese
Firmino	-	Italian
Avrum	-	Yiddish
Halsten	-	Swedish