ride the high horse

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Now see here, Glasson"—Mr. Hucks filled his pipe, and having lit it, leaned both elbows on the table and stared across at his visitor— "don't you ride the high horse with me.

From True Tilda by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

If you ride the high horse I may tell my pack to set you ashore somewhere else, but if you’re civil—well, we shall see.

From King o' the Beach A Tropic Tale by Greene, J. B.

But in Samoa his superiors are prompt to curb any inclination he may evince to ride the high horse over his flock or interfere with any matter not strictly connected with his charge.

From By Rock and Pool on an Austral Shore, and Other Stories by Becke, Louis

We can’t afford to ride the high horse just now.

From The Boss of Wind River by Chisholm, A. M. (Arthur Murray)

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 ?