high horse

Example Sentences

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I have no claim to a high horse.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 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

“I can make a point and stand on a high horse, but that doesn’t get me anywhere.”

From New York Times • Apr. 21, 2021

“I know. We’ll all hang separately. But Rachel needs to get off her high horse, too. She’s never lifted a finger around here and now all of a sudden she’s the Little Red Hen?”

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver