tension is pressure..hyper is high. So it is literally right there. Hypertension is a medical condition, you can be anxious and not have high bloodplressure, I really dont see how they could be considered synonymous. (ok when people get mad their bloodpressure shortly rises, but you don;t say love is synonymous with sweating or something either, while some people start to sweat when they see their crush)
IMO High-Horse is more the attitude of the person involved than an actual animal. It's used in occasions e.g. "Don't get on your high-horse " when someone is acting righteous and unduly virtuous.
That's interesting. The term is known to Americans, by the way; I think in a more technical sense as a term of art. But I did always think it had to do with tension force along the catenary of the line and not voltage. I learned!
I read ridden as overrun by, like flea ridden/disease ridden etc. And also thought of ridden as get rid of. So what animal has a selfrighteous person got rid of.. Perhaps rephrase it? Like a selfrighteous person should get off this animal.
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I always hear that line when I hear see the word 'fidelity'.
do the Fosbury flop. FTFY