俗语：“消息绝对可靠！”
<p>俗语：“消息绝对可靠！”</p><p>“绝对可靠！”朋友阿<span word="P">P</span>信誓旦旦，“我查过资料了，马的年龄可以根据马的牙齿数目和形状来确定……” 哦，阿<span word="P">P</span>近段正在拍一部有关马的记录片，所以脑子有点进水，话里话外全是“马”…… 暂不去管我这位着了马“魔”的朋友，但他的话倒让人想起一个短语“<span word="straight">straight</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="horse">horse</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="mouth">mouth</span>”（绝对可靠），其渊源确实与阿<span word="P">P</span>的“可靠资料”有关。 “<span word="Straight">Straight</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="horse">horse</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="mouth">mouth</span>”最早出现于上世纪20年代，常用来形容“消息绝对可靠”。据说，马的乳门齿、乳中齿会随着年岁的增长被永久门齿、永久中齿依次顶落，而且马的切齿由于采撷食物也会受到磨损，所以，有经验的驯马师常“从马的嘴巴里”（<span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="horse">horse</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="mouth">mouth</span>）——马的乳齿数或马的切齿磨损程度——获知马的年龄。 日常生活中，“<span word="straight">straight</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="horse">horse</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="mouth">mouth</span>”（绝对可靠）更常用来形容“（消息等）直接来自当事人”，有时该短语也可写做“<span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="horse">horse</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="mouth">mouth</span>”，看下面一个例句： <span word="Say">Say</span>, <span word="did">did</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="hear">hear</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="Sally">Sally</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Bob">Bob</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="going">going</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="get">get</span> <span word="married">married</span>. <span word="Honest">Honest</span>, <span word="I">I</span>'<span word="m">m</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="joking">joking</span>. <span word="I">I</span> <span word="heard">heard</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Bob">Bob</span> <span word="himself">himself</span>, <span word="so">so</span> <span word="it">it</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="straight">straight</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="horse">horse</span>''<span word="s">s</span> <span word="mouth">mouth</span>!（喂，听说了没？萨利和鲍勃要结婚了。我可不是开玩笑，我说的是实话。鲍勃亲自告诉我的，因此这消息是绝对可靠！）</p>
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