high horse | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)An appearance or sense ofsmugsuperiority.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 andget onhighmoralhorses. here we find what asses we are, for things go off quite easily, all by themselves.1920,Agatha Christie,The Mysterious Affair at Styles, London: Pan Books, published1954, page144:Lawrence would say no more, so I decided that I would descend from myhigh horse, and once more seek out Poirot at Leastways Cottage.

Examples:

EN: "Get down off that high horse."
ES: "Baja los humos."
EN: That'd bring you down off your high horse.
ES: Eso le haría rebajarse.
EN: Don't get on your high horse that way.
ES: No pontifique así.
EN: Get down off your high horse.
ES: Se lo repetiré de nuevo.
ES: Bájese del caballo.
EN: I'd advise you to get off your high horse and stop talking down to people.
ES: Le aconsejo bajarse de su caballo y dejar de ser condescendiente.
EN: Get up on their high horse, I mean.
ES: Miran desde arriba.
EN: You won't ride any high horse while Mom is away.
ES: No me mandarás mientras mamá no esté.
EN: I just suggest that you decide what you want most, your high horse or your wife.
ES: A ver qué prefieres. Tu orgullo o tu mujer.
EN: Come down off your high horse.
ES: ¿Por qué no bajas de tu carro de princesa?
EN: Now, don't get on your high horse.
ES: - Vamos, no lo compliquemos más.
EN: Well, maybe if you had a meal in the stable once in a while, after a hard day's work, you'd come down off your high horse, you and that rich banker father of yours,
ES: ¿Sí? Quizá si usted tuviera que comer alguna vez enun establo después de un día de duro trabajo, se le quitaría ese orgullo.
EN: Don't get on your high horse.
ES: No tengas tanta prisa.
EN: I stand on the high horse and you on the revolver bullet.
ES: Yo me quedo el trono y tú un balazo.
EN: Don't get on your high horse with me. Sit down!
ES: Escucha, Mike, no adoptes esa actitud arrogante conmigo.
EN: Now, young man, just get down off of your high horse.
ES: Oiga joven, bájese del pedestal.

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