ride the high horse
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"Send away Don—me want to ride the high horse," said the small Bess, who had her own ideas as to what was most comfortable, and also secure.
From Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures by William Black
I thought you would ride the high horse to the end of the journey; I didn't think your steed would land you in the gutter.
From Charlotte's Inheritance by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon
I can ride the high horse, too—steady, mare!
From Commodore Junk by George Manville Fenn
‘I don’t know, Sir Watkin; it is well to ride the high horse now and then.’
From Crying for the Light, Vol. 2 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago by J. Ewing (James Ewing) Ritchie
He was also the inventor of milestones, and of those stations for awkward equestrians, which enabled many to ride the high horse, who would otherwise have been placed on their own humble footing.
From The Comic History of Rome by Gilbert Abbott ? Becket
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