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Tall Can

A 24oz can of beer. Also known as a "tall boy"
Go to the liquor store and get me a tall can
by SunGod March 12, 2009
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Tall Can

1) Term used to describe or acknowledge any female you would not associate with under normal conditions.

2) Term used during social gatherings to rate female attendees.
Guy 1: Dude, that girl is at least an 8
Guy 2: not me, I'll give her a 2...Tall Cans that is!
by Cash M Frost September 15, 2006
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Can't walk in the tall grass

Idiom

Etymology:

Of Native American origin it describes the inability of a person to successfully walk through tall grass. Before colonization the great plains of North American were covered with large sections of tall grasses. Instead of going around acres of tall grass, people could walk straight through them.

The implication is that a capable adult is both tall enough to see above shoulder height tall grass and wise enough to navigate and form a path through tall grass that is above their head. Children and people that are not intelligent will get lost in the tall grass and need help to get out or even die.

Usually applied to a person, but could apply to a thing.

Similar to: If you can't handle the heat get out of the kitchen, shape up or ship out

1: transitive, present tense

a: Describing a person that cannot handle the situation they are in.

b: Describing a person that is not intelligent enough to figure out something that others easily can.

2: rhetorical question

Implying that the person being asked is not keeping up with the group or not able to handle the task they were given.
1a: "Jim can't walk in the tall grass. He got promoted to sergeant and just took a month long stress leave"

1b: "I've been training the new hire for a week now and she still can't figure out how to clock in.....she can't walk in the tall grass."

2: "Hey Ron, Jim was late and installed the wiring for 2 rooms today but you were here all day and barely got half of one done. Can't walk in the tall grass?"
by Babakanoosh March 30, 2022
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Tall Cans

"Tall can" refers to a 16oz can of beer. Usually PBR (Pabst Blue Ribbon)

Has absolutely nothing to do with the middle finger.
I just had a six-pack of tall cans.
by L Dawg June 16, 2006
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Tall Cans

To give someone the finger. To show someone your "Tall Can" is to stick your middle finger up at them, implying "Fuck Off"

Probably best known from Transplants - Tall Cans In The Air
"Duuuuuuuude, some guy just tried to rob Joey, he punched them in the face and gave em tall cans."
"Fo Sheezy?"
by Shroomster November 13, 2005
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but we can't all be lake ducks

bɐtwi:kɐ:nto:lbi:læikdɐks a metamorphic phrase that can be adapted to mean whatever you need it to mean, versatile, like the pathological liar of the idiom world.
Angela: We know that the ants are responsible for the decline of the Roman Empire.
Natalie: I know, but we can't all be lake ducks.
by Ant_Queen March 7, 2018
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