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hit the nail on the head

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    idiomintransitive
    To say or guess exactly the right thing about something.

    Like throwing a dart right into the center of the target.

    You hit the nail on the head when you said the printer was out of ink.

    Her guess about the missing keys hit the nail on the head.

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