ride the high horse

Example Sentences

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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

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

From The Second Chance by McClung, Nellie L.

Pompeius was jealous and apt to ride the high horse.

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

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

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

Is it to have, with endless jargoning, debating, motioning and counter-motioning, a settlement effected between the Honorable Mr. This and the Honorable Mr. That, as to their respective pretensions to ride the high horse?

From Latter-Day Pamphlets by Carlyle, Thomas