英语词汇get down off your high horse的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	get down off your high horse
词源	get down off your high horse. Originally, these were words directed at affected “important people,” who always rode the tallest horses in parades and pageants. Today the horses aren’t usually present but there’s no shortage of riders.
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