ride the high horse
Example Sentences
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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 Black, William
‘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 Ritchie, J. Ewing (James Ewing)
"Father doesn't like him," replied Enid, still inclined to ride the high horse.
From A Traitor's Wooing by Hill, Headon
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 ?
The high horse, truly; indeed, you shall ride the high horse!
From Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures by Black, William
