HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD

Meaning of HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD in English

say the right word, suggest a good idea

Your comment hit the nail on the head. You spoke the truth.

Wayne Magnuson. English idioms vocabulary. Словарь английских идиом. 2012

HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD — phrasal to be exactly right
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD — phrasal : to perform effectively or be effective : be exactly right
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD — hit a bullseye, hit the mark, hit it right on the button
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD — : to be exactly right
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD — to be exactly right
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD — find exactly the right answer. → histrionics
Concise Oxford English vocab
HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD — to say sth that is exactly right
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD — see nail
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD — see nail
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD — Synonyms and related words : add up, answer, be OK, be correct, be just right, be right, bottom, clear up, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD — {v. phr.} To get something exactly right; speak or act in the most fitting or effective way. * /The mayor's …
Slang English vocab
HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD — {v. phr.} To get something exactly right; speak or act in the most fitting or effective way. * /The mayor's …
Словарь английских идиом
HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD — make a correct guess or analysis He really hit the nail on the head when he wrote the report about …
English Idioms vocab
HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD — v. phr. To get something exactly right; speak or act in the most fitting or effective way. The mayor's talk …
American Idioms English vocabulary
HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD — делать "то, что доктор прописал", "не в бровь, а в глаз"; - Your talk hit the nail on the head! …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь сленга, жаргона, русских имен
HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD — * hit the nail right on the head попасть в точку; попасть не в бровь, а в глаз; 2. правильно …
Англо-Русский словарь английских идиом
HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD — "попасть в точку"; угадать; "попасть не в бровь, а в глаз"; поступить правильно
Англо-Русский словарь идиом
HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD — делать "то, что доктор прописал", "не в бровь, а в глаз"; - Your talk hit the nail on the head! …
English Russian slang dictionary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ON — I. (|)ȯn, (|)än, in the southeastern US sometimes (|)ōn preposition Etymology: Middle English, preposition & adverb, fr Old English an, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NAIL — I. ˈnāl, esp before pause or consonant ˈnāəl noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HIT — I. ˈhit, usu -id.+V verb ( hit ; hit ; hitting ; hits ) Etymology: Middle English hitten, from Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
NAIL — — nailless , adj. — naillike , adj. /nayl/ , n. 1. a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HIT — — hitless , adj. — hittable , adj. — hitter , n. /hit/ , v. , hit, hitting , n. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HEAD — — headlike , adj. /hed/ , n. 1. the upper part of the body in humans, joined to the trunk …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
NAIL — I. ˈnāl noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English nægl; akin to Old High German nagal nail, fingernail, Latin unguis …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HIT — I. ˈhit verb ( hit ; hit·ting ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hyttan, probably from Old Norse hitta …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
NAIL — noun to spike, as a cannon. 2. nail ·noun to stud or boss with nails, or as with nails. 3. …
Webster English vocab
HIT — pron it. 2. hit ·impf & ·p.p. of hit. 3. hit ·- 3d pers. ·sg ·pres. of hide, contracted from …
Webster English vocab
HEAD
Webster English vocab
NAIL — [nail] n [ME, fr. OE naegl; akin to OHG nagal nail, fingernail, L unguis fingernail, toenail, claw, Gk onyx] (bef. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HIT — [hit] vb hit ; hit.ting [ME, fr. OE hittan, fr. ON hitta to meet with, hit] vt (bef. 12c) 1 …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
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Britannica English vocabulary
NAIL — nail, Nail BrE AmE neɪ ə l ▷ nailed neɪ ə ld ▷ nailing ˈneɪ ə l ɪŋ ▷ nails …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
NAIL
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HIT
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ON — I. on 1 S1 W1 /ɒn $ ɑːn, ɒːn/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ] 1 . ON …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
NAIL — I. nail 1 S3 /neɪl/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: nægl ] 1 . a …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
NAIL — n. & v. --n. 1 a small usu. sharpened metal spike with a broadened flat head, driven in with a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HIT — v. & n. --v. (hitting; past and past part. hit) 1 tr. a strike with a blow or a missile. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HEAD — n., adj., & v. --n. 1 the upper part of the human body, or the foremost or upper part of …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
NAIL — n. & v. n. 1 a small usu. sharpened metal spike with a broadened flat head, driven in with a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HIT — v. & n. v. (hitting; past and past part. hit) 1 tr. a strike with a blow or a missile. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HEAD — n., adj., & v. n. 1 the upper part of the human body, or the foremost or upper part of …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
NAIL — n. & v. --n. 1. a small usu. sharpened metal spike with a broadened flat head, driven in with a …
Oxford English vocab
HIT — v. & n. --v. (hitting; past and past part. hit) 1. tr. a strike with a blow or a missile. …
Oxford English vocab
HEAD — n., adj., & v. --n. 1. the upper part of the human body, or the foremost or upper part of …
Oxford English vocab
ON — The preposition is pronounced /ɒn/. The adverb and the adjective are pronounced /ɒn/. Frequency: The word is one of the …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NAIL — ( nails, nailing, nailed) 1. A nail is a thin piece of metal with one pointed end and one flat …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HIT — ( hits, hitting) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: The form 'hit' …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HEAD — ( heads, heading, headed) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: 'Head' is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NAIL — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a nail bomb (= containing nails ) as tough as nails/as tough as old …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HIT
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
NAIL — noun 1 on the fingers/toes ⇨ See also ↑ fingernail , ↑ toenail ADJECTIVE ▪ long , short ▪ sharp …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
HIT — I. noun 1 act of hitting sth/sb ADJECTIVE ▪ direct VERB + HIT ▪ deliver , give sth , land …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
HIT — INDEX: 1. to hit someone deliberately 2. to hit someone repeatedly 3. a car/train/plane etc hits something 4. to hit …
Longman Activator English vocab
HIT — n. 25B6; verb she hit her child : STRIKE, slap, smack, cuff, punch, thump, swat; beat, thrash, batter, belabour, pound, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary

English Idioms vocabulary

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