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high horse

Date: Apr 27 2006

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Quote

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“I got off my high horse [for this movie].”

Orlando Bloom, talking about his role in Elizabethtown.

Definition

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conceit or arrogance; the belief that you are better than someone else

2. Use - Learn how the slang is used.

A person on a high horse is arrogant and refuses to make any compromises. He rides his ego like a great horse, looking down on others around him, thinking he is better than everybody else. A person on a high horse believes he deserves more than others.

In this example, Orlando Bloom is saying that he stopped thinking he was a better actor than others in Hollywood. After his role as Legolas in Lord of the Rings, Orlando Bloom thought that he was too good and too successful to act in less-serious movies. However, he is now off of his high horse and just wants to have fun and act, regardless of how much money he makes or how good the movie seems to critics.

Examples

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“Why don’t you get off your high horse and start doing some work!”

Winners

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	high horse means arrogant attitude or position. by linda-lee
	to not behave in a way that shows you think you are better than other people by hossein99
	It means"LEADING ROLE","PROTAGONIST". by changge12345
	arrogant; domineering; overbearing; brash by pgshen
	honor by fionafan24@hotmail.com
	stop being arogant or self conceited ? by viera
	to try to do best by yalcinmerve
	It means to stop behaving as if you know or are better than anyone else. Or control yourself about your stong personality. by stelaxidieh
	getting more realistic and stop being ambitious by amirbiglarbeigi
	I think that he means that he is leaving behind his old roles as a good boy in this movie, his role here is going to change. by clestrad
	I stopped behaving as if I was better than the others by Zully Tabarez
	Become humble. Since he's acted in films that made him famous and this doesn't look like one of them, he had to remind himself that every experience has something new to learn. by Jocelyn
	he says he change his limit lower by ironheart
	an attitude of arrogant superiority by rosie_love
	some way like a very speical life by rexliu
	I think high horse means a mood or an attitude of stubborn arrogance or contempt. by Yanger
	It means people set free his grace to someone and get along with friendly. by Tina Lin
	haughtiness by ice0027
	A mood or attitude of stubborn arrogance or contempt ( to be so proud) by Parvin
	behaving,especially talking,as if one knows best,or more than others. by Leah_
	he enjoyed or had pleasure in having an arrogant attitude in the movie. by gloria alzate
	It means that his role in this movie it isn´t the same as in the other movies, it´s something new and different. by Antoo_
	A mood or attitude of stubborn arrogance or contempt Get down off your high horse and apologize. by danhp1
	"high horse"means the job is a challenge for somebody that he don't do such a thing before. by sunnyjet16
	haughty by sc03209