VOCABULARY - IDIOMS

A Tall Order

Meaning:

A difficult task

Examples:

  • But a truck is kind of a tall order.
  • That's a tall order to fill... from inside this cell.
  • Mm, that's a tall order for you, Mary.
  • That may seem like a tall order, but it is possible.
  • That's a tall order for a vaudevillian.
  • Well, two months... that's a tall order.
  • Well, it's a tall order, but I'll do my best.
  • This is a tall order, but the two young people rise to it.
  • And that's a tall order for us lot.
  • A tall order, and it took me a good few years to perfect.