be on your high horse

释义

1. 牛津电影里 100%

   趾高气扬；自命不凡；自以为了不起

   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.

电影里这样说 · 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
• 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
• Oh, get off your high horse. Stop judging people.Wedding Crashers2005
• 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

在完整场景里学

• 莫负当年情1988
  • 木栈道上两个女孩初遇：blow a gasket（大发脾气）
  • 试镜落选后大发脾气：pack it in（收摊）
  • 两地书信互相打气：falling apart（分崩离析）
• 浮生若梦1938
  • 谋划军火垄断又逼人卖地：cash in on（趁势大捞一笔）
  • 劝小职员当田里百合：when my ship comes in（等时来运转那天）
  • 一家人各忙各的爱好：like hotcakes（十分抢手）

同一词条的短语

• 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