"high horse" meaning in English

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        {
          "word": "on one's high horse"
        },
        {
          "word": "get off one's high horse"
        },
        {
          "word": "ride the high horse"
        }
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        {
          "ref": "1905, E. M. Forster, Where Angels Fear to Tread, chapter 6",
          "text": "\"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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        "An appearance or sense of smug superiority."
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          "superiority",
          "superiority"
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        "(idiomatic) An appearance or sense of smug superiority."
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          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "sense of superiority",
          "word": "kõigeteadja"
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "sense of superiority",
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          "word": "hohes Ross"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "palʹcy vejerom",
          "sense": "sense of superiority",
          "word": "пальцы веером"
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  "word": "high horse"
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      "word": "on one's high horse"
    },
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      "word": "get off one's high horse"
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    {
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          "ref": "1905, E. M. Forster, Where Angels Fear to Tread, chapter 6",
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        "(idiomatic) An appearance or sense of smug superiority."
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      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "sense of superiority",
      "word": "kõigeteadja"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "sense of superiority",
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      "word": "hohes Ross"
    },
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      "roman": "palʹcy vejerom",
      "sense": "sense of superiority",
      "word": "пальцы веером"
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  "word": "high horse"
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