tall drink of water
Leggy, good-looking person
A tall drink of water is a tall, attractive person—usually applied to someone lean and good-looking: Well, who's that tall drink of water?
The expression evokes something cool and refreshing, suggesting the person is pleasant to look at.
It appears most often in American Southern and rural speech, typically directed at men but occasionally at women.
- ganglingLoosely built, awkward
- lankyTall and ungainly thin
- string beanLong, narrow green pod
- tallnessVertical measurement upward
- slenderThin and graceful
long · cool · spindly · long and lean · eye candy · head-turner · turn heads · statuesque · rangy · towering · leggy · striking · elevated · charismatic · lean · magnetic · lofty · easy on the eyes
tall drink of watershorty
Informal term for someone small
short stack · shrimp · half-pint · runt · little guy
tall drink of waterplain Jane
Unremarkable-looking woman
homely · nothing special · ugly duckling · dog · unremarkable
tall, taller, tallest, drink, drinks, drinking, drinker, drinkable, water