ride the high horse

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Pompeius was jealous and apt to ride the high horse.

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

We gather that whatever he may have done in the past the gallant officer does not intend to "ride the high horse" any longer.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, Jan. 15, 1919 by Various

Moreover, parsons were always suspicious fellows, apt to ferret out all kinds of things that didn’t concern them—apt, moreover, to ride the high horse if permitted to do so.

From Dorrien of Cranston by Mitford, Bertram

If you ride the high horse I may tell my pack to set you ashore somewhere else, but if you’re civil—well, we shall see.

From King o' the Beach A Tropic Tale by Greene, J. B.

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.