Get off Your High Horse.
English
idiom
Stop behaving as if you are better than others.
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Stop behaving as if you are better than others.
Trusted by1M+English learners & teachers worldwide
To stop acting as if you are better than everyone else.
When you tell someone to get off their high horse, you want them to drop the attitude and be humble.
It's often said in frustration with someone who is talking down to others.
"Full of Yourself"
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Extremely vain or self-absorbed, focused on oneself rather than others
"Look Down on Someone"
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Regarding others as inferior, without a call to stop doing it
"Get off Your High Horse"
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Stop acting superior and adopt a more humble, realistic attitude
I think you need to get off your high horse — the new hires are doing really well.
You're right. I've been too critical of them.
You always think you know best about everything.
Maybe it's time to get off your high horse and listen to other perspectives.
He keeps judging everyone else's choices lately.
Someone needs to tell him to get off his high horse.
