Here’s a definition of it I found online: “To put on airs; to behave arrogantly. As long ago as the fourteenth century, persons of high rank rode very tall horses, a custom that came to symbolize superiority and arrogance. By 1800 or so, to be or to get on one’s high horse meant to act superior, with or without justification.” … The rest of the story…
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When we ride our high horses, we often have much further to fall. Before I go on let me ask you this: Have you ever heard that expression…high horses? I remember my elders saying things like that when I was a kid. You better get down off your high horse young man…before you get your comeuppance. There’s another one, comeuppance. … The rest of the story…