"From the first hands" idiom Hello everybody. I'd like to know is there in English any kind of idiom synonomous to Russian "From the first hands" ("Из первых рук"). For example, if I'd like to know

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"From the first hands" idiom Hello everybody. I'd like to know is there in English any kind of idiom synonomous to Russian "From the first hands" ("Из первых рук"). For example, if I'd like to know price of a plane ticket: * I can ask my friends about it and they can answer based on their experience, so the answer may be incorrect (because price could to grow last week) * I can phone to an airport, ask about the price, and get confident information about the price because the airport is the first source for that kind of information. So, the airport is "the first hand" and my friends are "the second hand" in my case.

2014年12月22日 08:10

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We have a similar expression, but we use it as an adjective or adverb. Firsthand information. To receive the news firsthand. We can use "secondhand" in the same manner. Another idiom we use for firsthand news is "from the horse's mouth".

2014年12月22日

At first hand-directly from the origin,from the original source, without intervention or intermediary-из первых рук At second hand — a. 1. Not original or primary; received from another; as, secondhand information.-из вторых рук, через кого-то

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