horse's mouth

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Noun

horse's mouth (plural horses' mouths)

  1. (idiomatic) An authentic source; someone who directly experienced or witnessed something.
    • 2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 374:
      I thought it would be quicker to hear it from the horse's mouth.

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