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)
A Highball is any cocktail that uses a non alcoholic mixer. Generally it's made of just one mixer and one spirit. So something like a pina colada isn't but 7 & 7, rum and coke, scotch and soda etc. are.
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.
i drank rum and colas for years and never once heard anyone refer to it as a "highball." also, would it be possible to accept "high strung" as well as "high blood pressure?"
Why do people think high bloodpressure is character trait/emotianal state? You dont go around claiming heartattack is synomous with fear or anger either do you?
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.