be a tall order

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   to be very difficult to do

   Anything I need? Seems rather a tall order.

In the movies · 1

• Anything I need? Seems rather a tall order.Downton Abbey: A New Era2022
• That's gonna be a tall order.Tom & Jerry2021
• None of that "small world, tall order" crap.Watchmen2009
• Nordberg, that's a pretty tall order.The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!1988
• That's a pretty tall order for a secret operation, sir.Three Kings1999

Learn it in full scenes

• Downton Abbey: A New Era2022
  • Violet Gives Sybbie a French Villa
  • Jack Barber Pitches Filming at Downton
  • Hollywood Comes to Downton

From the same entry

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