long drink of water
Very tall individual
A long drink of water is a tall, lanky person—someone whose height makes them seem stretched out like liquid filling a tall glass.
The phrase is folksy and often affectionate: He was a long drink of water with arms that went on forever.
Sometimes extended to "tall drink of water."
Tall and ungainly thin
- ganglyAwkwardly tall and thin
- beanpoleThin person or plant stake
- rangyTall, thin, loose-limbed
- willowyTall, slim, pliant
towering · statuesque · leggy · elongated · stretched · lofty · high-waisted
Fixed phrase, opaque meaning
- colloquialismCasual conversational expression
- expressionConveyed thought or feeling
- SouthernOf the region below
- AmericanaHeritage artifacts or music
down-home · old-fashioned · quaint · drawl · twang · homespun · rural · salt-of-the-earth
Attractive in appearance
- strikingNoticeably impressive
- good-lookingVisually appealing person
- dreamyVague and pleasantly distracted
- dashingSpiritedly stylish and bold
eye-catching · head-turner · looker · heartthrob · catch · eligible · fine-looking · well-built
Words expressing approval
- flatteryExcessive insincere praise
- appreciationRecognition of worth
- flirtationPlayful romantic attention
- sweet-talkFlatter to persuade
come-on · charmer · smooth-talker · wolf-whistle · once-over · appraising
lanky
Tall and ungainly thin
willowy · towering · statuesque · leggy · elongated · stretched · lofty · high-waisted
idiom
Fixed phrase, opaque meaning
- colloquialismCasual conversational expression
- expressionConveyed thought or feeling
- SouthernOf the region below
Americana · down-home · old-fashioned · quaint · drawl · twang · homespun · rural · salt-of-the-earth · plain-spoken
handsome
Attractive in appearance
- strikingNoticeably impressive
- good-lookingVisually appealing person
- dreamyVague and pleasantly distracted
dashing · eye-catching · head-turner · looker · heartthrob · catch · eligible · fine-looking · well-built · comely
compliment
Words expressing approval
- flatteryExcessive insincere praise
- appreciationRecognition of worth
- flirtationPlayful romantic attention
sweet-talk · come-on · charmer · smooth-talker · wolf-whistle · once-over · appraising
long drink of watershorty
Informal term for someone small
short stuff · pipsqueak · shrimp · runt · half-pint
long drink of waterfireplug
Streetside emergency water access
barrel-chested · tank · brick house · butterball · chunky
long, drink, water, length, belong, longing, lengthy, prolong, elongate