straight from the horses mouth

straight from the horse's mouth  {slang}
Directly from the person or place where it began; from a reliable source or a person that cannot be doubted.
They are going to be married. I got the news straight from the horse's mouth — their minister.
John found out about the painting straight from the horse's mouth, from the painter himself.
Categories: slang
Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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