ride the high horse

Example Sentences

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I can ride the high horse, too—steady, mare!

From Commodore Junk by Fenn, George Manville

But I chose to ride the high horse, and rejected the proffered money, although I had really nothing about me but three huszases,71 which I had saved from the proceeds of the butter.

From Eyes Like the Sea by Jókai, Mór

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.

"You won't let that fellow ride the high horse in this style, will you?"

From Cord and Creese by De Mille, James

Increasing riches had not softened his nature, for he was grumpy and fussy, and apt to ride the high horse on every occasion.

From A Gallant Grenadier A Tale of the Crimean War by Brereton, F. S. (Frederick Sadleir)