Antonia  [More info] Hello! Could you hellp me with the following. What does it mean when we say somebody is a tall drink of water? Is this an idiom? Antonia Joined on Fri, Mar 11 2005 Contributing Member 1,266

	+1 nona the brit  [More info] It means a large glass (a tall one). nona the brit Joined on Wed, Sep 22 2004 England Veteran Member 11,782 The name says it all.

	+1 Antonia  [More info] But this is said of a woman. Somebody used to call her a tall drink of water. She was a tall woman, so maybe this has something to do with it. I wonder whether it is an idiom? Antonia

	+1 nona the brit  [More info] Not in reference to people, no, I suppose they were being 'creative'. Someone can be a 'breath of fresh air' idiomatically, but not a glass of water. What is the whole section of text? nona the brit

	+1 MrPedantic  [More info] Wild guess: 'hot'? A large glass of water at meal times is said to satisfy one's craving for food. MrP MrPedantic Joined on Tue, Oct 12 2004 Veteran Member 12,705 ...opella forensis / adducit febris...

	+1 nona the brit  [More info] Alternatively she could be cold - to pour cold water on something, icy.. nona the brit

	+1 pieanne  [More info] She could be depressingly non-exotic, in comparison to champagne or such pieanne Joined on Thu, Jan 20 2005 South of France ...But I'm Belgian! Veteran Member 7,461 I'm glad to help, but I'm not a native! And please excuse my typos...

	+1 x.mehrdad  [More info] Hello, Tall drink is a mixed drink served in a tall glass, and I guess as she is a tall drink of water not mixed with anythig else, it might mean that she is a tall blunt lady. x.mehrdad Joined on Fri, Mar 4 2005 Full Member 186

	+1 Antonia  [More info] Hello! This is the context: Sara was what Jeffrey's father liked to call a tall drink of water. Jeffrey had been attracted to Sara because of her strong will, her fierce independence. He liked her aloofness and the way she talked down to his football buddies. He liked the way her mind worked and the fact that he could talk about every aspect of his job and know she would understand. He liked that she couldn't cook and that she could sleep through a hurricane. He liked that she was a horrible house cleaner and that her feet were so big she could wear his shoes. What he really liked was that she knew all these things about herself and was actually proud of them. Antonia