take a sleigh ride—(Drug users) take cocaine (also: go for a sleigh ride):
- Ernie left the room briefly to take a sleigh ride.
take someone for a sleigh ride —(coll.) mislead smb. deliberately; deceive or swindle a person (also: take someone for a ride):
- Purchasing from a familiar retailer can reduce the risk of being taken for a sleigh ride.
Note: The expression is not antonymous in meaning to the phrase give someone a rough ride—(coll.) treat a person harshly; make smb.’s life difficult (also: give someone a rough passage):
- It seems to me that he is being given an unnecessarily rough ride.