Get off your High Horse
What it means
Stop lecturing from a position of assumed superiority, which is rarely as secure as it looks.
Where it comes from
Height on horseback was rank made visible. The great horses ridden in medieval processions were enormous and expensive, and English has used a high horse for arrogance since the Middle Ages.
The puzzle it came from
Get off your High Horse was the answer to the Phrasicle of May 10, 2025. The clue read ____ off your ____ ____, and the words came out of a grid where every neighbouring pair makes a two-word phrase.
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date
night
sky
high
school
quick
get
well
dressed
down
talent
show
horse
play
ground
rat
race
track
list
price
Phrasicle: Get off your High Horse