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
"You won't let that fellow ride the high horse in this style, will you?"
From Cord and Creese by De Mille, James
He was also the inventor of milestones, and of those stations for awkward equestrians, which enabled many to ride the high horse, who would otherwise have been placed on their own humble footing.
From The Comic History of Rome by Becket, Gilbert Abbott ?
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
Good for you, Arthur!" she said, laughing, "you can ride the high horse, too.
From The Second Chance by McClung, Nellie L.
