high horse

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high horse (plural high horses)

  1. (idiomatic) An appearance or sense of smug superiority.
    • 1905, E. M. Forster, Where Angels Fear to Tread , chapter 6:
      "I tell you Miss Abbott, it's one thing for England and another for Italy. There we plan and get on high moral horses. here we find what asses we are, for things go off quite easily, all by themselves.

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