raising a drink above your eyes and then opening your mouth and pouring the drink into your mouth.
drinking from a friend's bottle water or can without putting it to your lips. Giving them the curtsy of not giving them your germs but accepting theirs.
Person (1) hey can drink some of your bottled water ? Person (2) no way man ! I don't want your germs all over it. Person (1) it's ok I will water fountain drink.
Originating in Leflore County in Eastern Oklahoma. A phrase used to instruct someone that is just standing around watching "you" do work, or describing a useless person who watches while you work clearing knowing they should be helping.
Ty: Don't worry about rolling up these leads hand, just sit down and "get a drink of water".
Hey Ty, you need a help loading that pipe? Nah I got Hogan, just sit down and "get a drink of water"