ride the high horse

Example Sentences

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Pompeius was jealous and apt to ride the high horse.

From Ancient Rome The Lives of Great Men by Hamilton, Mary Agnes

Ha! ha! going to ride the high horse.

From Wild Life in the Land of the Giants A Tale of Two Brothers by Stables, Gordon

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)

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)

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