to the horse

[Victoria Neufeldt]

I've never heard this particular expression either, but it's probably a ref
to the phrase "straight from the horse's mouth".

Victoria

Victoria Neufeldt, Merriam-Webster, Inc.
47 Federal Street, P.O. Box 281
Springfield, MA  01102
Tel. (413) 734-3134 ext 124
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: American Dialect Society [mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU]On Behalf
> Of Kim & Rima McKinzey
> Sent: Monday, July 26, 1999 2:05 AM
> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Subject: to the horse
>
>
> Dear all,
>
> 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
>