Definition of “riding high”

But Israel's lobby worldwide is an awesome one, and Sharon is riding high in Washington.

But by now the cloud was riding high in a pale blue sky, the sun had turned hot, somewhere along the coast there would be surf... Well.

Even when the Melvilles were riding high , they always had to eat.

In 1989, riding high on V. P. Singh's Mandal wave, he trounced Bhagwat Jha Azad by a record 4.35 lakh votes.

She knew that because the sun had at last come out and was riding high in a cloudless sky.

Those who revel in riding high horses should look to the example of the King who rode a donkey.

Well, to start, he's riding high on the country charts with Beer for My Horses, a duet with Toby Keith.

When Hibs were riding high last season and reaching the Scottish Cup final, Hearts spent much of the campaign marooned in mid-table.

Yesterday - by contrast - Communists, nationalists and old Soviet apparatchiks are riding high.