ride the high horse
Example Sentences
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We can’t afford to ride the high horse just now.
From The Boss of Wind River by Chisholm, A. M. (Arthur Murray)
You're a fine one to ride the high horse with me!
From The Imaginary Marriage by Cooper, Henry St. John
Good heavens! was she going to ride the high horse over him in this style?
From How It All Came Round by Meade, L. T.
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 Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)
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 Becket, Gilbert Abbott ?
