straight from the horse’s mouth
(straight) from the horse's mouth
From the original or most reliable source. A: "Is our test really getting rescheduled?" B: "Yep, our teacher was ahead of me in the lunch line, so I heard it straight from the horse's mouth."
See also: mouth
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
straight from the horse’s mouth
mod. directly from the source, not just a horse. (As if a racehorse were giving racing tips.) This came straight from the horse’s mouth. It’s Zeerocks Copy in the sixth race.
See also: mouth, straight
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
- (straight) from the horse's mouth
- from the horse's mouth
- the horse's mouth
- hear (something) straight from the horse's mouth
- get (something) straight from the horse's mouth
- get straight from the horse's mouth
- that's the bunny
- tick
- bend over, here it comes again
- BOHICA