ride the high horse

Example Sentences

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Good for you, Arthur!" she said, laughing, "you can ride the high horse, too.

From The Second Chance by McClung, Nellie L.

We can’t afford to ride the high horse just now.

From The Boss of Wind River by Chisholm, A. M. (Arthur Murray)

But I chose to ride the high horse, and rejected the proffered money, although I had really nothing about me but three huszases,71 which I had saved from the proceeds of the butter.

From Eyes Like the Sea by Jókai, Mór

To "ride the high horse," my brave Brummagem boy, Is doubtless, to you, a delight and a joy; But little avails that equestrian quest, If the fruit of your ride is the merest "mare's nest."

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, June 27, 1891 by Various

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.