ride the high horse

Example Sentences

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‘I don’t know, Sir Watkin; it is well to ride the high horse now and then.’

From Crying for the Light, Vol. 2 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago by Ritchie, J. Ewing (James Ewing)

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)

You're a fine one to ride the high horse with me!

From The Imaginary Marriage by Cooper, Henry St. John

Pompeius was jealous and apt to ride the high horse.

From Ancient Rome The Lives of Great Men by Hamilton, Mary Agnes

Look here, Mrs. Burrill number one, don't you take advantage of your position, and ride the high horse too free.

From The Diamond Coterie by Lynch, Lawrence L.