get on your high horse

Definition

› to start talking angrily about something bad that someone else has done as if you feel you are better or more clever than they areShowing arrogance and conceitConfidence and self-assuranceBoasting

(Definition of get on your high horse from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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get on the right/wrong side of sb idiom
get on to/onto sth phrasal verb (PERSON)
get on to/onto sth phrasal verb (SUBJECT)
get on top of you idiom
get on with sth phrasal verb
get on your high horse idiom
get on your soapbox idiom
get out of bed (on) the wrong side idiom
get out of my face! idiom
get out of my sight! idiom
get out of sth phrasal verb (AVOID)

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SMART Thesaurus: Showing arrogance and conceit

Synonyms and related words:

(as) proud as Lucifer idiom
a cut above idiom
airs and graces idiom
arrogant adjective
as if you owned the place idiom
egotistic adjective
haughty adjective
high and mighty idiom
high-flown adjective
highfalutin adjective
portentous adjective
proud adjective (FEELING IMPORTANT)
proudly adverb
put on the dog idiom
self-appointed adjective
throw your weight around/about idiom
tin god noun
toffee-nosed adjective
too big for your boots idiom
uppity adjective

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