American Idioms and Expressions

Get Off Ones High Horse Idiom

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get off one's high horse
What does get off one's high horse mean?
to become less arrogant The manager was forced to get off his high horse and act better toward the employees.


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What does "work like a horse" mean?
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What does "have a frog in one's throat" mean?
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What does "fight tooth and nail" mean?
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What does "take (someone) for granted" mean?
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What does "drop off (someone or something) or drop (someone or something) off" mean?
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I dropped off the book at my friend's house.

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What does "invasion of (someone's) privacy" mean?
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