from the horse's mouth, straight Thành ngữ, tục ngữ

get it straight

get this straight

give it to me straight

go straight

keep a straight face

keep them straight

set you straight

shoot straight

straight

straight away

straight cash

straight dope

straight face

straight from the horse

straight from the horse's mouth

straight from the shoulder

straight goods

straight out

straight talk

straight up

straighten up

straighten you out

tell me straight

the straight dope

the straight goods

think straight

walk a straight line

damn straight

I'm straight

straight away/off

straight off

straighten out

vote a straight ticket

POLITICS

to cast a ballot with all the votes for members of the same political party.
• I’m not a member of any political party, so I never vote a straight ticket.
• I usually vote a straight ticket because I believe in the principles of one party and not in the other's.

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straighten sb out

Idiom(s): straighten sb out

Theme: IMPROVEMENT

to reform someone.
• Most people think that jail never straightens anybody out.
• The judge felt that a few years at hard labor would straighten out the thief.

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straight and narrow

Idiom(s): straight and narrow

Theme: BEHAVIOR

a straight and law-abiding route through life. (Informal. From straight and narrow pathway. Fixed order.)
• You should have no trouble with the police if you stick to the straight and narrow.
• Roger was the kind who followed the straight and narrow every day of his life.

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set sth straight

Idiom(s): set sth straight

Theme: EXPLANATION

to explain something (to someone).
• This is very confusing, but with a little explaining I can set it straight.
• We'll set this matter straight in a short time.

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set sb straight

Idiom(s): set sb straight

Theme: EXPLANATION

to explain (something) to someone.
• I don't think you understand about taxation. Let me set you straight.
• Ann was confused, so I set her straight.

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put sth straight

Idiom(s): put something straight AND set something straight

Theme: EXPLANATION

to clarify something; to straighten something out.
• He has made such a mess of this report. It'll take hours to put it straight.
• I'm sorry I confused you. Let me set it straight.

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give it to sb straight

Idiom(s): give it to sb (straight)

Theme: COMMUNICATION

to communicate something to someone clearly and directly. (Informal.)
• Come on, give it to me straight. I want to know exactly what happened.
• Quit wasting time, and tell me. Give it to me straight.

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get sth straight

Idiom(s): get sth straight

Theme: UNDERSTANDING

to understand something clearly.
• Now get this straight. You're going to fail history.
• Let me get this straight. I'm supposed to go there in the morning?
• Let me make sure I have this straight.

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straight talking

honest words: "I want some straight talking around here!"

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give it to one straight|give|straight

v. phr. To be direct; be frank. I asked the doctor to give it to me straight how long I have to live.

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go straight|go|straight

v. phr., slang To become an honest person; lead an honest life. After the man got out of prison, he went straight. Mr. Wright promised to go straight if the judge would let him go free.

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right out|right|straight|straight out

adv. Plainly; in a way that hides nothing; without waiting or keeping back anything. When Mother asked who broke the window, Jimmie told her right out that he did it. When Ann entered the beauty contest her little brother told her straight out that she was crazy.

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shoot straight|shoot|shoot square|shooters|square|

v., informal To act fairly; deal honestly. You can trust that salesman; he shoots straight with his customers. We get along well because we always shoot square with each other. -

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straight face|face|straight

n. A face that is not laughing or smiling. Mary told all the funny stories she knew to try to make Joan laugh, but Joan kept a straight face. It is hard to tell when Jim is teasing you. He can tell a fib with a straight face. When Bob fell into the water, he looked funny and I could hardly keep a straight face.

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straight from the horse's mouth|horse|horse's mout

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.

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straight from the shoulder|shoulder|straight

adv. phr., informal In an open and honest way of speaking; without holding back anything because of fear or politeness or respect for someone's feelings; frankly. John asked what he had done wrong. Bob told him straight from the shoulder. The candidate for Congress spoke out against his opponent's dishonesty straight from the shoulder.
Antonym: PULL ONE'S PUNCHES.

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straight off|straight

adv. phr. At once; immediately. After school is over, you come home straight off, and don't waste time. He asked his father for the car, but his father said straight off that he couldn't have it.

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straight ticket|straight|ticket

n. A vote for all the candidates of a single party. Uncle Fred was a loyal member of his party. He always voted the straight ticket.
Antonym: SPLIT TICKET.

(straight) from the horse's mouth

Fig. from an accurate or dependable source. (Learn added .) I apperceive it's true! I heard it beeline from the horse's mouth! This comes beeline from the horse's mouth, so it has to be believed.Learn more: mouth

from the horse's mouth

From a reliable source, on the best authority. For example, I accept it from the horse's aperture that he affairs to retire abutting month. Also put as straight from the horse's mouth, this announcement alludes to analytical a horse's teeth to actuate its age and appropriately its worth. [1920s] Apprentice more: mouth

from the horse's mouth

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(straight) from the horse's mouth

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(straight) from the horse’s ˈmouth

(informal) (of information, etc.) anon from the being who absolutely knows because they are carefully affiliated with its source: ‘How do you apperceive he’s leaving?’ ‘I got it beeline from the horse’s mouth. He told me himself.’This may appear from horse antagonism and the amusing advancement that you had heard from the horse itself whether it would win the race.Learn more: mouth

from the horse's mouth, straight

From the best authority. The affinity actuality is to analytical a horse’s teeth, which acknowledge its age with some accuracy. Although this actuality has been accepted for centuries (and absolutely gave acceleration to the adage, don’t attending a allowance horse in the mouth, dating from the fifth century), the announcement dates alone from the 1920s. “I accept it beeline from the aperture of a horse,” wrote Christopher Morley (Kitty Foyle, 1939).Learn more: straight

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