🐴 Horse
"Straight from the horse's mouth"
Meaning
Information received directly from the person who knows the truth.
About the horse
Horses have long been work and racing animals, so their idioms describe effort, priorities, and stubborn resistance.
Example sentence
I know the wedding is next month because I heard it straight from the horse's mouth: the bride told me herself.
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Which idiom means...
Information received directly from the person who knows the truth.
More horse idioms
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"Dark horse"
A person who surprises everyone by doing very well.
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"Hold your horses"
Wait a moment; do not rush.
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"Eat like a horse"
To eat a lot.
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"A horse of a different color"
A completely different matter.
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"Flogging a dead horse"
Wasting effort on something that cannot succeed.
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"You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink"
You can give someone a chance, but you cannot force them to use it.