high, wide, and handsome expansive and impressive; stylish and carefree in manner. informal
☞ This phrase originated in the USA, and Yankee Slang (1932) identifies 'Ride him, Cowboy, high, wide and handsome' as a shout commonly heard at rodeos.
2012Scotsman It must be chastening for Japanese industry. It rode high, wide and handsome until the country's property/stock market bubble burst in 1990.