to the horse

Bruce K. Dykes bkd at GRAPHNET.COM
Mon Jul 26 08:40:54 UTC 1999


Kim & Rima McKinzey wrote:

> In a discussion today, I said something about "going to the horse," meaning
> to the originator, the source.  I was asked where this came from and really
> couldn't think of an answer.  Is it the punchline from a joke? Is it not as
> common an expression as I thought?
> Rima

First I've heard of it, but my first instinct says it belongs to the
same family as "straight from the horse's mouth."

Bruce



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