In medieval times, knights (nobility) rode horses while peasants (commoners) did not. So the knights could literally look down upon the common folk, considering them to be inferior and therefore beneath their notice.
The sentiment survives today in the expression 'on a high horse', meaning those who think they're better than the people around them: more devout or pious, less likely to be dishonest, always in the right (or at least, in the wrong far less often).
The reality is that very few people are that saintly; and the ones that are usually have a healthy dose of humility to keep them grounded. So, to tell someone to get off their moral high horse is a not-so-polite way of reminding them that they're really no better than the rest of us, no matter how much they might want to believe otherwise.
in the old west,it is thought to have originated..for example a person who was arrogant or had a disagreement with a group of people and no longer associated is said to ride their horsetting high on the saddle... thus the phrase "he must be on his high horse" he aint talkin to nobody.
In early settlements, the earliest citizens had 2 primary ways of transport:
Horses were, by nature, tall, making anyone sitting on one be higher than anyone on the ground.
Being "on your high horse" became associated with being persnickety or 'uppity'.
NOTE: Most early settlers did not routinely use wagons in towns until after the early to mid-1800s, except for the stage coach or in wagon trains. People walked mostly, or men rode horses.
First attest of phrase(es); 1380, 'High horse' = warhorse, charger. Figurative sense of 'affect airs of superiority' dates from 1782'
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it means that when one person is talking to you so much you gotta chew your ear off
I've been told that when someone shoots themselves to death, that they have such a grip on the gun that their fingers have to be pried off the gun grip.
The phrase pop off means to go away.
I believe this term comes from medieval times when someone was insane they would often cut their heads off hence the term "don't lose your head"
- Get Off Your - High Horse Lady was created in 2008.
an origan is where two lines on a graph met
"Get off your high horse" means to stop being so prideful and full of your self.
it means that when one person is talking to you so much you gotta chew your ear off
Nothing. The correct idiom is "get OFF your high horse," meaning stop acting so conceited as if you are above everyone else.
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Getting on your high horse means that you are looking down on someone with a haughty or superior attitude.
Derived from the 1800's probably in America because Americans love guns. Like me for example.
This phrase originates from the Napoleonic wars, when foot soldiers became disgruntled at the way Commanding Officers sat,on horseback, barking orders at distance whilst demonstrating no real understanding of the fighting at the front..
when you go to a high dungeon, your furious and exhibiting from resentment. This phrase is not literal, it is figurative. For example, tim stormed off in a high dungeon
a hunter horse really has no origin outside its breeds origin, but the sport hunter does. originally it was based off of foxhunting and how well the judge thinks your horse would do in the hunt field. the sport has evolved and doesnt resemble hunting as much. its now based on light contact, even cadence, corectness of the gaits, and jumping style. a judge once said that they pick the horse that they would most like to ride to town on.
I've been told that when someone shoots themselves to death, that they have such a grip on the gun that their fingers have to be pried off the gun grip.