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
Zahrah	-	Arabic
Blaine	[blein]
Zdenka	-	Slovak, Slovene, Croatian, Czech
Zoya	ZO-yah (Russian)	Russian, Ukrainian
Dickinson	['dikinsən]
Huntley	['hʌntli]