Are you tall? No, i'm not. Are you high? No, I'm not! Why?
Today we'll compare tall and high.
Sometimes they mean completely different things so let's figure it out in this class! Stay tuned!
Hello my dear friends and welcome to English Mania! My name is Antonia Romaker
and today we'll compare tall and high.
Some of my students believe that they are basically the same. Well, they aren't.
And today we'll finally get to the bottom of this and know when we use tall and when we use high.
I am not high by the way, and i'm not told either.
So let's cut to the chase, tall is used about people all the time. So I am not tall. Are you tall?
Waiting for your answer in the comments!
So what tall actors do you know? I don't know any.
When we talk about somebody's height we say
that somebody is tall, not high, be careful, because if you say that someone is high...
It's very different, this person has just taken some drugs. High!
In addition, tall can be used in connection with things
when these things are high and thin, well rather than.
Like a tower, a tall tower, a tall building, a tall tree.
So when something is tall it is high, rather thin and it is standing. Tall.
He is so tall I think you'll need a ladder.
To hug him or kiss him, he is so very tall.
A fence can be tall as well, it is standing.
and if you look at it at a specific angle you'll see that it is thin.
Speaking about high it's used a lot about things
High means above other things like it. There are some high mountains in the north of the country.
High mountains, the high ceiling above our heads and everything else around,
a high shelf which you can barely reach.
In addition, high can be used about ideas, tall no, high yes.
A high salary, high prices.
When we talk about the career ladder we can say a high position, high rank.
A high level of something, high blood pressure.
A high season when people travel a lot.
Speaking about the expression seven feet high or seven feet tall
we can talk about different things here.
A fence can be seven feet high or seven feet tall
but if you talk about people it's seven feet tall.
There are a lot of interesting idioms and expressions with both high and tall.
For example a tall drink of water
is an expression which can be said about a person.
A tall drink of water is someone who is really tall
and gorgeous so as a tall drink of water in a hot day
this person is so very appealing.
As for high, there is for example to take the high road
which means to do something that is right when it is really difficult.
To take the high road, do what you need to do what you must do even if it's quite hard.
If you are interested in idioms with these words high and tall
write a comment we'll sure learn them they are amazing!
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