ride high
Enjoy great success
Ride high means to enjoy success, confidence, or favorable circumstances.
Someone riding high is thriving, often after an achievement or during a streak of good fortune: The team is riding high after three straight wins.
The image suggests sitting tall in the saddle, elevated above difficulties.
The opposite is to ride low or be brought low.
Favorable outcome attained
- victoryDefeating an opponent
- winningAchieving victory
- achievementAccomplished goal or deed
- gloryExalted honor and praise
dominance · ascendancy · prosperity · flourishing · thriving · peak · pinnacle · supremacy
Trusting in oneself
- elatedIntensely, buoyantly pleased
- buoyantAble to float
- euphoricOverwhelmed with joy
- exuberantIntensely lively and cheerful
optimistic · emboldened · empowered · invincible · unstoppable · swagger · bravado · boldness
success
Favorable outcome attained
- victoryDefeating an opponent
- winningAchieving victory
- achievementAccomplished goal or deed
glory · dominance · ascendancy · prosperity · flourishing · thriving · peak · pinnacle · supremacy · excellence
self-assured
Trusting in oneself
exuberant · optimistic · emboldened · empowered · invincible · unstoppable · swagger · bravado · boldness · assertive