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

Pompeius was jealous and apt to ride the high horse.

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

Now see here, Glasson"—Mr. Hucks filled his pipe, and having lit it, leaned both elbows on the table and stared across at his visitor— "don't you ride the high horse with me.

From True Tilda by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

"You won't let that fellow ride the high horse in this style, will you?"

From Cord and Creese by De Mille, James

I can ride the high horse, too—steady, mare!

From Commodore Junk by Fenn, George Manville