Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is “get on one’s high horse” and its meaning is “behave arrogantly by thinking that you are better than others, you know more about something than others and what you say is always right”.
Example Sentence: But before they saddle up (get on) their high horses, western politicians and commentators should remember that the paths trodden (walked by crushing something) by their own countries en route to national greatness, conventionally defined, were likewise littered (messed up) with the corpses (dead bodies) of native peoples, slaves, unbelievers, dissidents, vanquished rivals, rigged markets, unfair trade, broken treaties and outraged principles.
This word is present in The Guardian article Weak, divided, incompetent… the west is unfit to challenge Xi’s bid for global hegemony and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Guardian
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