straight from the horse's mouth

口语·强调信息可靠

例句

I heard it straight from the horse's mouth—the boss said we're getting a bonus this year.

典故来源源自赛马领域，赛马爱好者通过观察马嘴判断马龄和健康状况，因此从马主或骑师处直接获得的信息最可靠。

📖 习语词汇解析

习语中的关键英语词汇

straight [stret]

adj. 直的;连续的;直率的;整齐的; adv. 直地;直接地;坦率地;立即; n. 直线;直线部分;

horse [hɔrs]

n. 马;骑马的军人，骑兵;有脚的架;跳马，鞍马; vt. 为…备马;猛推或用力向上举; vi. 欲交配，，用于母马; adj. 马的;骑在马背上的;马拉的，使用马力的;较大的，较粗硬的;

mouth [maʊθ]

n. 口;出入口;传闻; vt. 装腔作势地说;喃喃地说，心不在焉地说，言不由衷地说; vi. 装腔作势说话;

🔤 同首字母习语

shillyshally

犹豫不决或优柔寡断

send shivers down someone's spine

smart alec

聪明才智过人的人，常常自大或爱显摆

Screw the pooch

以极其丢脸的方式失败，强调失败的可笑和羞辱性。

scarper Flow

There seems to be a typo in the English idiom in Case 5 ("scarper Flow"). Could you please provide the correct idiom so that I can provide the Chinese meaning for it?

signed sealed and delivered

经过正式签署、盖章和交付

short and sweet

简短而有趣、有吸引力或精彩绝伦

set eyes on

看到某人或某物

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