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- Public domaingeneral-american
'Straight from the Horse's Mouth'
Since you can’t ask the horse, these people are the next best thing. “Straight from the horse's mouth” suggests the most knowledgeable source of information.
- Public domaingeneral-american
'Straight from the Horse's Mouth'
So, this expression can also mean from a reliable source. The information is coming from a trustworthy person.
- Public domaingeneral-american
'Straight from the Horse's Mouth'
It may even be the definitive source, meaning the best authority. Now, let’s hear the expression used in another example: A: Hey, guess what?
- Public domaingeneral-american
'Straight from the Horse's Mouth'
Stella is moving to Toronto! She’s so excited.
- Public domaingeneral-american
'Straight from the Horse's Mouth'
B: I just can’t believe it. I mean, she also just got a promotion and a raise at her job.
- Public domaingeneral-american
'Straight from the Horse's Mouth'
I heard it straight from the horse’s mouth Stella’s!
- Public domaingeneral-american
'Straight from the Horse's Mouth'
If anyone asks you where you learned this expression, tell them you heard it straight from the horse’s mouth from VOA Learning English. Until next time, I’m Anna Matteo.
- Public domaingeneral-american
'The Gift of the Magi,' by O. Henry
One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all.
- Public domaingeneral-american
'The Gift of the Magi,' by O. Henry
And sixty cents of it in the smallest pieces of money - pennies. Pennies saved one and two at a time by negotiating with the men at the market who sold vegetables and meat.
- Public domaingeneral-american
'The Gift of the Magi,' by O. Henry
Negotiating until one's face burned with the silent knowledge of being poor. Three times Della counted it.
- Public domaingeneral-american
'The Gift of the Magi,' by O. Henry
One dollar and eighty-seven cents. And the next day would be Christmas.
- Public domaingeneral-american
'The Gift of the Magi,' by O. Henry
There was clearly nothing to do but sit down and cry. So Della cried.
- Public domaingeneral-american
'The Gift of the Magi,' by O. Henry
Which led to the thought that life is made up of little cries and smiles, with more little cries than smiles.
- Public domaingeneral-american
'The Gift of the Magi,' by O. Henry
Della finished her crying and dried her face.
- Public domaingeneral-american
'The Gift of the Magi,' by O. Henry
She stood by the window and looked out unhappily at a gray cat walking along a gray fence in a gray back yard.
- Public domaingeneral-american
'The Gift of the Magi,' by O. Henry
Tomorrow would be Christmas Day, and she had only one dollar and eighty-seven cents to buy her husband Jim a gift.
- Public domaingeneral-american
'The Gift of the Magi,' by O. Henry
She had been saving every penny she could for months, with this result. Jim earned twenty dollars a week, which does not go far.
- Public domaingeneral-american
'The Gift of the Magi,' by O. Henry
Expenses had been greater than she had expected. They always are.
- Public domaingeneral-american
'The Gift of the Magi,' by O. Henry
Many a happy hour she had spent planning to buy something nice for him. Something fine and rare -- something close to being worthy of the honor of belonging to Jim.
- Public domaingeneral-american
'The Gift of the Magi,' by O. Henry
There was a tall glass mirror between the windows of the room. Suddenly Della turned from the window and stood before the glass mirror and looked at herself.
- Public domaingeneral-american
'The Gift of the Magi,' by O. Henry
Her eyes were shining, but her face had lost its color within twenty seconds.
- Public domaingeneral-american
'The Gift of the Magi,' by O. Henry
Quickly she pulled down her hair and let it fall to its full length. Now, Mr.
- Public domaingeneral-american
'The Gift of the Magi,' by O. Henry
and Mrs. James Dillingham Young had two possessions which they valued.
- Public domaingeneral-american
'The Gift of the Magi,' by O. Henry
One was Jim's gold time piece, the watch that had been his father's and his grandfather's. The other was Della's hair.
- Public domaingeneral-american
'The Gift of the Magi,' by O. Henry
Had the Queen of Sheba lived in their building, Della would have let her hair hang out the window to dry just to reduce the value of the queen's jewels.
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