The 'height' of the ceiling is eight feet. [=the ceiling is eight feet above the floor; the ceiling is eight feet high]
It was 'the height of' stupidity to quit the team. [=it was extremely stupid to quit the team]
He was 'at the height of' his fame when he died. [=he died when he was most famous]
(..) That's the end of it, we don't know where they went from here. Tells us nothing after all. You're right, Anderson, nothing. Except his shoe size, his height, his gait, his walking pace. Having fun? Starting to. Maybe don't do the smiling. Kidnapped children? How could he get past the CCTV? (..)2012 TvShow: Sherlock Title: The Reichenbach Fall Season: 2 Episode 3