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divan | 09:27 Sat 08th Dec 2001 | Phrases & Sayings
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Who first came up with the expresions 'don't get on your high horse' and 'get off your high horse' and other permutations of the same?
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I can't find an absolute derivation, but it certainly goes back to the 1740s. I suspect the answer may be that when speaking to a pedestrian from horseback one assumes a commanding position ... and anyone on a horse was likely to be rich and ill-mannered. Sorry not to be of more help.
14:01 Mon 10th Dec 2001
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No problem. You've come up with a date. Where did it appear in the 1740s?
14:45 Mon 10th Dec 2001

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