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Straight From The Horse's Mouth and Don't Look A Gift Horse In The Mouth
If you hear something Straight From The Horse's Mouth you've heard accurate, first-hand information. In days of old a horse was a very valuable commodity. There were few ways of reliably assessing a horse's age before buying one and people were afraid of spending good money on an old horse with very little work left in it. One of the best ways to gauge the age was to look at the teeth of the animal and find out how far they had worn, or how far its gums had receded. A first-hand inspection would more than likely reveal the truth of the horse's age. The expression Don't Look A Gift Horse In The Mouth is directly related to this too, as it was deemed extremely rude to check the teeth of a horse if it had been given as a gift.
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