a tall drink of water

1. A tall, typically slender person. Who's that tall drink of water who just walked in?

2. A rather boring, plain, or uninteresting person. Sheesh, Sarah's new boyfriend sure is a tall drink of water, huh?

See also: drink, of, tall, water

Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

See also:

big drink of water
hanger-on
I couldn't agree more
couldn't agree more
frog in a small pond
pond
big fish in a small pond
big frog in a small pond
a big fish in a small pond
a big frog in a small pond

References in periodicals archive

Hendricks and his writing are a tall drink of water in a world where personal piety seems to overshadow a socially liberating application of the gospel and where much of the black literary fiction scene appears long on entertainment and short on substance.

The woman at the well: a first novel reworks a familiar story from the gospel of St. John to affirm African American women

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释义	a tall drink of water a tall drink of water 1. A tall, typically slender person. Who's that tall drink of water who just walked in? 2. A rather boring, plain, or uninteresting person. Sheesh, Sarah's new boyfriend sure is a tall drink of water, huh? See also: drink, of, tall, water Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. See also: big drink of water hanger-on I couldn't agree more couldn't agree more frog in a small pond pond big fish in a small pond big frog in a small pond a big fish in a small pond a big frog in a small pond References in periodicals archive Hendricks and his writing are a tall drink of water in a world where personal piety seems to overshadow a socially liberating application of the gospel and where much of the black literary fiction scene appears long on entertainment and short on substance. The woman at the well: a first novel reworks a familiar story from the gospel of St. John to affirm African American women
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