be on your high horse

釋義

1. 牛津電影裡 100%

   趾高氣揚；自命不凡；自以為了不起

   to behave in a way that shows you think you are better than other people

   I CYCLED ALL THE WAY FROM CARMODY TO TELL YOU SOMETHING I FOUND OUT ABOUT DIANA BARRY TODAY.

   Since we were kids, my sister and I, all we ever had was each other.

電影裡這樣說 · 2 部

• I CYCLED ALL THE WAY FROM CARMODY TO TELL YOU SOMETHING I FOUND OUT ABOUT DIANA BARRY TODAY.Anne of Avonlea1987
• Since we were kids, my sister and I, all we ever had was each other.The Spanish Prisoner1997
• Oh, get off your high horse. Stop judging people.Wedding Crashers2005
• You do what you want to do up on your high horses. Everything's a joke.Donnie Brasco1997
• Oh, why don't you get off your high horse?Anne of Green Gables1985
• Gil: DON'T GET UP ON YOUR HIGH HORSE WITH ME, ANNE SHIRLEY.Anne of Avonlea1987
• Look, I respect you, we all respect you, but get off your moral high horse and...Beaches1988
• Why don't you come down off your high horse, babe.You Can't Take It with You1938

在完整場景裡學

• 莫負當年情1988
  • 木棧道上兩個女孩初遇：blow a gasket（大發脾氣）
  • 試鏡落選後大發脾氣：pack it in（收攤）
  • 兩地書信互相打氣：falling apart（分崩離析）
• 浮生若夢1938
  • 謀劃軍火壟斷又逼人賣地：cash in on（趁勢大撈一筆）
  • 勸小職員當田裡百合：when my ship comes in（等時來運轉那天）
  • 一家人各忙各的愛好：like hotcakes（十分搶手）

同一詞條的短語

• have a high old time
• high and dry
• high and mighty
• high as a kite
• in high dudgeon
• smell, stink, to high heaven
• hell or high water
• take, claim, seize, the moral high ground
• of a high order
• a high profile
• it's about time
• on high