to hear something directly from the original or most reliable source
直接从原始或最可靠的来源听到某事 (Zhíjiē cóng yuánshǐ huò zuì kěkào de láiyuán tīngdào mǒu shì)
"I heard it straight from the horse's mouth that the event is canceled."
"我直接从马的嘴里听到这个活动被取消了。" (Wǒ zhíjiē cóng mǎ de zuǐ lǐ tīngdào zhège huódòng bèi qǔxiāo le.)
to suddenly change direction
to experience a sudden failure or breakdown
extremely surprising or amazing
to do something before someone else does
to complain or talk loudly in anger about something
to be so surprised that you doubt what you see