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
Benedek	-	Hungarian
EmÍLia	-	Portuguese, Slovak, Hungarian
&Thorn;RÓNdr	-	Ancient Scandinavian
MeallÁN	MEL-awn	Irish
Theobald	THEE-ə-bawld (English)	English (Rare), Ancient Germanic
Inman	['inmən]