ride the high horse

Example Sentences

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The high horse, truly; indeed, you shall ride the high horse!

From Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures by Black, William

It has become unfashionable to bellow; it is not considered “the thing” to ride the high horse of vehement approval and burst into luminous showers of “Amens” and “Halleleujahs.”

From Our Churches and Chapels Their Parsons, Priests, & Congregations Being a Critical and Historical Account of Every Place of Worship in Preston by Atticus

I thought you would ride the high horse to the end of the journey; I didn't think your steed would land you in the gutter.

From Charlotte's Inheritance by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)

Good heavens! was she going to ride the high horse over him in this style?

From How It All Came Round by Meade, L. T.

Ha! ha! going to ride the high horse.

From Wild Life in the Land of the Giants A Tale of Two Brothers by Stables, Gordon