@baldur I'm reminded of a panel I attended at a science fiction convention. Writers were making jokes about actual bad prose they'd read in published novels.
One of the writers on the panel picked on a phrase from one action-adventure novel, which described a character as, "... he was a tall man, and like all tall men, he NEVER BOWED HIS HEAD."
The writer laughed and said, "I am a tall man. I am 6'4". And I bow my head ALL THE TIME. If I do not bow my head I am always banging it on doorframes, chandeliers, etc."
For the benefit of non-US readers here: 6'4"=a hair less than 2 meters. Very tall!