ride the high horse

Example Sentences

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"Father doesn't like him," replied Enid, still inclined to ride the high horse.

From A Traitor's Wooing by Hill, Headon

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

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

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

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