High Horse

Definition: High Horse

High Horse

Noun

1. An attitude of arrogant superiority; "get off your high horse and admit you are wrong".

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Literature

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Insolence

Out face, outlook, outstare, outbrazen, outbrave; stare out of countenance; brazen out; lay down the law; teach one's grandmother to suck eggs; assume a lofty bearing; talk big, look big; put on big looks, act the grand seigneur; mount the high horse, ride the high horse; toss the head, carry, with a high hand.

Pride

Verb: be proud; Adjective: put a good face on; look one in the face; stalk abroad, perk oneself up; think no small beer of oneself; presume, swagger, strut; rear one's head, lift up one's head, hold up one's head; hold one's head high, look big, take the wall, " bear like the Turk no rival near the throne ", carry with a high hand; ride the high horse, mount on one's high horse; set one's back up, bridle, toss the head; give oneself airs; (assume); boast.

Crosswords: High Horse

Business

High horse power tractors are more suitable for industrialized agriculture and thus have big market potentials in the long run. In 1998, the central government for the first time set up subsidies for the upgrading and renewal of large and medium tractors in seven major grain and cotton producing provinces (Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Shandong, Henan, Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia). (references)

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Expressions using "high horse": be on the high horse ♦ get on one's high horse ♦ mount the high horse ♦ ride the high horse ♦ To be on a high horse. Additional references.

Bulgarian 

ояждам се (become choosy, ride the high horse). (various references)

Czech

zaèít se naparovat (get on one's high horse). (various references)

Finnish

pöyhkeillä (be cocky, ride the high horse), olla olevinaan (attitudinize, be haughty, pose, put on airs, ride the high horse), kopeilla (be haughty, ride a high horse). (various references)

Hungarian

nagyzol (flam, gasconade, shoot a line, to boast, to cut it fat, to draw the long bow, to get on one's high horse, to gob, to pile it on, to put it on, to ride one's high horse, to ride the high horse, to shoot a line, to throw the bull), nagyképűsködik (to be a high hat, to feel one's oats, to get on one's high horse, to get too big for one's boots, to give oneself airs, to pontificate, to put it on, to put on airs, to ride one's high horse, to ride the high horse, to set up for a man of consequence, to side, to swell about, to swell it, to throw one's weight about, to throw one's weight around), magas lovon ül (to be a high hat, to ride one's high horse, to ride the high horse), magas lovon (on a high horse, to get on one's high horse, to ride one's high horse), magas lóról beszél (to get on one's high horse, to ride one's high horse, to ride the high horse), magas lóról (on a high horse, to pipe down), leszáll a magas lóról (to budge from the high horse, to come down a peg, to come off the high horse), fennhéjazva (on a high horse), felül a magas lóra (to get on one's high horse, to ride one's high horse, to ride the high horse), fölényeskedik (to get on one's high horse, to ride one's high horse, to ride the high horse, to throw one's weight about, to throw one's weight around). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

高飛車 (domineering, high-handed, on one's high horse). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

たかびしゃ (domineering, high-handed, on one's high horse). (various references)

Pig Latin

ighhay orsehay.(various references)

Romanian

a-şi da ifose (mount the high horse, put it on), a-şi da aere (attitudinize, be on the high horse, be on the high ropes, cut a dash, feel one's oats, give oneself airs, look big, put on airs, ride the high horse). (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: ogreish.

-3 letters: higher, hosier, ogrish, orgies, sigher.

-4 letters: giros, girsh, goers, gores, gorse, heigh, heirs, heros, highs, hires, hoers, hoise, horse, ogres, osier, shier, shire, shoer, shore.

-5 letters: egis, egos, ergo, ergs, eros, ghis, gies, giro, goer, goes, gore, gosh, hehs, heir, hero, hers, hies, high, hire, hoer, hoes, hogs, hose, ires, ogre, ores.