hit the nail on the head

English

Verb

hit the nail on the head

(idiomatic) To identify something exactly; to arrive at exactly the right answer.
He hit the nail on the head when he said the problem was the thermostat.

Synonyms

nail the hammer on the head (rare)

Translations

identify something exactly

Chinese:
Mandarin: 一針見血 (zh), 一针见血 (zh) (yīzhēnjiànxiě) (draw blood on the first prick)
Czech: uhodit hřebíček na hlavičku, udeřit hřebíček na hlavičku
Dutch: de spijker op de kop slaan
Finnish: osua naulan kantaan
French: faire mouche (fr)
German: den Nagel auf den Kopf treffen (de)
Hungarian: fején találja a szöget (hu)
Icelandic: hitta naglann á höfuðið, eiga kollgátuna, hitta í mark, koma orðum að kjarna máls, tilgreina kjarna máls

Italian: colpire nel segno
Latin: rem acū tangō, acū tangō
Lithuanian: durti kaip pirštu į akį (prick as finger in the eye)
Polish: trafić w sedno pf
Portuguese: acertar em cheio
Russian: попа́сть не в бровь а в глаз (popástʹ ne v brovʹ a v glaz) (hit not the brow but the eye), попа́сть в то́чку (popástʹ v tóčku) (hit the spot)
Spanish: dar en el blanco, dar en el clavo
Swedish: slå huvudet på spiken (sv)

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