tall

Related to tall: Tall Timbers

tall

informal Exaggerated, embellished, or untrue. My father loved telling tall tales about his days working as a cowboy.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

tall

1. mod. high on drugs; intoxicated with marijuana. (Drugs.) When Jerry gets a little tall, he gets overwhelmed with a sense of guilt.
2. mod. high-quality. You’re bringing in some tall ideas, man.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See:
  • a tall drink of water
  • a tall order
  • a tall poppy
  • a tall story
  • a tall tale
  • be a tall order
  • be in tall cotton
  • be tall in (one's)/the saddle
  • big drink of water
  • great/tall oaks from little acorns grow
  • head for (the) tall timber
  • head for tall timber
  • in high cotton
  • in tall cotton
  • it's a tall order
  • long-tall-Sally
  • not as (something) as all that
  • not as bad, tall, etc. as all that
  • ride tall in the/(one's) saddle
  • sit tall in the/(one's) saddle
  • stand tall
  • take to the tall timber(s)
  • tall
  • tall drink
  • tall in the saddle
  • tall one
  • tall order
  • tall poppy
  • tall story
  • tall tale
  • tall timber
  • tall timbers
  • tall, dark, and handsome
  • ten foot tall and bulletproof
  • that's a tall order
  • walk tall
  • walk tall, to
  • yay tall
  • yea tall
References in classic literature
You'd better listen to what people are saying," said some of the mob pointing to the tall youth.
The man in the frieze coat was reading the broadsheet of August 31 When the crowd collected round him he seemed confused, but at the demand of the tall lad who had pushed his way up to him, he began in a rather tremulous voice to read the sheet from the beginning.
("Sirin Highness," said the tall fellow with a triumphant smile on his lips and a frown on his brow), "to consult with him to act, and to aid the army to exterminate these scoundrels.
The tall youth moved his lips and swayed from side to side.
Lead the way to him, himself!" shouted the tall youth.
War and Peace
For several weeks the tall dark girl and the doctor were together almost every day.
Winesberg Ohio
"Not much it won't," replied the tall soldier, exasperated.
Red Badge of Courage
"Did you say that tall lady was called Miss Temple?"
Jane Eyre
"It sometimes changes a good man into a bad one, said the tall man.
The Four Million
Baby giraffes are around 6 feet tall when they're born.
A LITTLE MATH TO MOVE A GIRAFFE
Through 3D visuals, animation, digital and print literature, video, website UX planning, design and build, Tall says it brought to life the 'Sono' product, enabling Absolute's customers to assess cost savings, performance and usability.
Six-figure sum invested
Glencoe, selected by the Chicago Botanic Garden, also grows 3 to 4 feet tall and 5 feet wide.
Use imagination for foundation gardens
Popular modern Tall Ship rigs include topsail schooners, barques, barquentines, brigs and brigantines.
What is a Tall Ship?