One of the most popular team sports during these Nomad games is Kok Boru, where two teams fight on horses over a dead goat.

今日短语

我们可以对行为言语盛气凌人、趾高气扬、摆大架子的人说 get off your high horse, get down off your high horse 或 come off your high horse.

例句

Stop criticising everyone! You should get down off your high horse and admit that you aren't perfect either!

John used to tell his fellow classmates what a genius he was. But after he got a couple of bad marks, he had to come off his high horse and study as hard as everyone else.

请注意

短语 to back the wrong horse 的意思是下错赌注、支持失败的一方。

例句

Our boss should have promoted me to senior management. Peter doesn't have enough experience to be in that position. The boss backed the wrong horse!