get off one's high horse
Meaning: To stop acting superior.
Language: English
Literally: (Already vivid in English)
Category: Animals
Origin: The expression originates from the custom of high-ranking officials traveling on horseback, while commoners walked. The physical height of being up on the horse is equated with being in a superior position.
More idioms — Animals
- get someone's goat — To irritate or annoy someone.
- go whole hog — To spare nothing; to do something with maximum enthusiasm.
- grin and bear it — To accept or endure a bad situation.
- horse around — To play a little roughly.
- horse of another color — A situation or plan which represents a change from what was expected or assumed.
- horse sense — Common sense (sentence 1) or shrewdness; cleverness (sentence 2).
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- lucky dog — A lucky person.
- monkey around — To play like a monkey, i.e., climb on or examine things with curiosity.
- monkey business — Suspicious activity (sentence 1) or mischievous activity (sentence 2).
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