OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 21150

hit the nail on the head

Meanings (ES + gloss)
acertar • clavarla en el ángulo • dar en el blanco • dar en el clavo • hacerlo bien
To identify something exactly; to arrive at exactly the right answer.
"Scotte's discovery of Witchcraft dismasketh sundry egregious impostures, and in certaine principall chapters, and speciall passages, hitteth the nayle on the head with a witnesse.…
He hit the nail on the head when he said the problem was the thermostat.
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