tall

a tall order something that is difficult to accomplish.

2013Mirko HumbertDesigner Daily As you can see, understanding typography is a pretty tall order! Luckily, there are plenty of really informative tutorials to be found.

a tall poppy a privileged or distinguished person.

☞ The Roman tyrant Tarquin was reputed to have struck off the heads of poppies as a gruesomely graphic demonstration of the way in which the important men of a captured city should be treated. In recent years, the term tall poppy syndrome has also developed, referring to a tendency to discredit or disparage people who have become rich, famous, or socially prominent.

1991Lynn BarberMostly Men Journalists on the whole tend to be egalitarian-minded and contemptous of tall poppies, but I prefer the prima donnas.

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