straight from the horse’s mouth



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

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Liv (2)LIVEnglish
Alexandrina[.æligza:n'dri:nə]
Dip-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Bengali, Punjabi
Alikhan-Kazakh
Bharath-Tamil, Indian, Malayalam, Telugu
ÇAĞLa-Turkish