ride the high horse

Example Sentences

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Highty-tighty! so we're going to ride the high horse, eh?

From Hunter's Marjory A Story for Girls by Clarke, Margaret Bruce

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.

"Send away Don—me want to ride the high horse," said the small Bess, who had her own ideas as to what was most comfortable, and also secure.

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

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

From The Imaginary Marriage by Cooper, Henry St. John

“You needn’t ride the high horse like that, you are not Mr Mandell-Essington any longer.”

From The Lunatic at Large by Clouston, J. Storer (Joseph Storer)