#English Learning##English Synonyms Identification ##英语习语 #
Both can mean "high", the difference between tall and high is actually very simple, this can be seen in their English interpretation, so do the "high" they describe apply to order, in other words, is a tall order or a high order reasonable or correct?
Let's take a look at their English interpretation, tall is: having a greater than average height, that is to say, when using tall is to involve comparison, you can not always say that a person of 1.75 meters short, this depends on the object of comparison or the scope involved, such as a tall glass of iced tea, meaning "a large cup of iced tea", as the name suggests it is compared to other small cups of iced tea.
The English explanation of High is: measuring a long distance from the bottom to the top, it is conceivable that as long as the distance from the bottom to the top can be called high, large to mountain, small to heel, can be described as high, such as a high forehead, meaning "high forehead".
Then whether tall or high, the objects involved when they represent "high" are concrete, which is why you've never heard of them being used to describe "tall" abstractions like a tall belief or a high principle and so on.
However, in reality, high is not limited to modifying concrete things, it can also modify abstract objects, such as ideals or principles, so the a high principle at this time is reasonable in meaning, meaning "noble moral code".
Similarly, tall also has scenes that are used abstractly, such as walk tall, which does not mean "to go high", but means "toe high", so is tall or high in a tall order and a high order such a existence?
The answer is yes, otherwise their existence is unexplainable, but their meaning is very different, because the order as a noun is also versatile.
A tall order is an idiom meaning "difficult to do, demanding", etc., equivalent to a difficult task, at this time tall is no longer the "high" in your memory, where the meaning of order is similar to "instruction, command", etc., such as:
The boss wants me to compile 100 pages of data each day, which is a pretty tall order if you ask me.
The boss wants me to edit 100 pages of data a day, and if you want me to do it, it's going to be a daunting task.
The meaning of a high order is very different, it means "high quality, high quality, first-class", etc., where the meaning of order is similar to "order, rank", etc., such as:
The job requires diplomatic skills of a high order.
This work requires a high degree of diplomatic skill.
If you compare tall and high again, you will find that the difference between tall and high is limited to describing the height of things, in addition, they have no intersection, and in comparison, the availability of high is higher, because it can refer to many aspects of "high", even "more", such as high for high status, high for more content, and even high for high tones, which are all tall and out of reach.
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