# Origin of "get off your high horse"?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 2, 2010, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-get-off-your-high-horse/545281 "2010-07-02T06:52:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![scamartistry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@scamartistry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scamartistry)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-get-off-your-high-horse/545281/1 "2010-07-02T06:52:01Z")

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Where does this saying come from, what horse are we talking about?

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**Author:** ![Indian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-get-off-your-high-horse/545281/2 "2010-07-02T09:50:41Z")

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A google search yielded this [explanation.](http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/get-off-your-high-horse.html)