high horse
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“I don’t mean to be on a high horse about it. I just feel like it’s a struggle.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
“She needs to get off her high horse and not think that I was thinking about her for the last 15 years.”
From Salon ● Nov. 19, 2024
“Sometimes college students don’t understand the severity of things,” Oats said from his high horse following the game.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 1, 2023
You may be accused of getting on a high horse.
From New York Times ● Dec. 28, 2021
“Well, you’d better make peace with her. Sweet, she gets on a high horse sometimes, but she’s a good woman—” “It was about Hank and she made me mad.”
From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee
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