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View definitions for straight from the horse's mouth

straight from the horse's mouth

adjective as in firsthand

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Meryem Alaoui’s “Straight From the Horse’s Mouth” follows a Casablanca sex worker who is offered a chance to appear in a Dutch film.

Which didn’t matter anyway because he got it straight from the horse’s mouth that very night after supper.

The secret tapes "prove straight from the horse's mouth, straight from an Exxon insider, what our and others' research has indicated for so long," Supran said.

From Salon

Now, scientists say they’ve been able to detect feelings in living animals by getting them straight from the horse’s mouth—or in this case, its head.

That’s not to say that “Straight From the Horse’s Mouth” is some tale of Eliza Doolittle-like redemption; I’m not convinced Jmiaa ever needed redemption in the first place.

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