the high hand

the high hand
спесь, высокомерие, заносчивость (обыкн. with a high hand; см. with a high hand)

But Lord Ferrybridge was furious, and tried the high hand. (W. Thackeray, ‘Pendennis’, vol. I, ch. VIII) — Но лорд Феррибридж, вне себя от бешенства, и слышать ничего не хотел.

I found myself on the point of the last humiliation - driven to beseech the creature whom I had just dismissed with insult: but I took the high hand in despair, said there must be no talk of Irvine coming back... (R. L. Stevenson, ‘The Silverado Squatters’, ‘The Hunter's Family’) — я оказался в самом унизительном положении: должен был просить вернуться человека, которого я только что уволил и оскорбил. Тогда, в отчаянии, я не придумал ничего лучшего, как самым высокомерным тоном заявить, что о его возвращении не может быть и речи...


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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