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High Horse

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To be on the high horse or To ride the high horse. To be overbearing and arrogant. (For explanation see Horse, “To get upon your high horse.”)

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Hide of Land (A)
Hieroclean Legacy
Higgledy-piggledy
High-born
High Church
High Days = festivals
High Falutin or Hifaluten
High Hand
High Heels and Low Heels
High Horse
High Jinks
High Life
High Places
High Ropes
High Seas
High Tea (A)
High Words
Highgate
Highland Bail
Highland Mary

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