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Englishget off one's high horse
Meaning: To stop acting superior.
Example: “Get off your high horse; you've made plenty of mistakes too.”
Equivalents in other languages
French: Monter sur ses grands chevaux Literally: To get up on one's tall horses
Origin: In the Middle Ages, people of high rank rode tall warhorses ("great horses") in processions, literally above everyone else. "To ride the high horse" meant to act arrogantly by the 18th century, and telling someone to get off it asks them to come down to everyone else's level.
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