(straight) from the horse’s mouth

Definition

› directly from the person who has personal knowledge of the matter: I know it's true, because I got it straight from the horse's mouth – Katie told me herself.

(Definition of (straight) from the horse’s mouth from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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straight adv CLEARLY
straight adv DIRECTLY
straight adv IMMEDIATELY
straight angle n
straight face n
(straight) from the horse’s mouth idiom
straighten someone out phrasal verb IMPROVE
straighten something out phrasal verb ORGANIZE
straighten something up phrasal verb
straighten v MAKE LEVEL
straighten v MAKE NOT BEND

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