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To identify something exactly; to arrive at exactly the right answer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
Examples
- He hit the nail on the head when he said the problem was the thermostat.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: nail it, nail the hammer on the head
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
43 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Catalan:
justa la fusta
— identify something exactly
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Chinese Mandarin:
一針見血 /一针见血
(yīzhēnjiànxiě)
— identify something exactly
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Czech:
uhodit hřebíček na hlavičku
— identify something exactly
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Czech:
udeřit hřebíček na hlavičku
— identify something exactly
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Danish:
ramme hovedet på sømmet
— identify something exactly
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Dutch:
de spijker op de kop slaan
— identify something exactly
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Finnish:
osua naulan kantaan
— identify something exactly
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French:
faire mouche
— identify something exactly
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French:
taper dans le mille
— identify something exactly
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French:
mettre dans le mille
— identify something exactly
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German:
den Nagel auf den Kopf treffen
— identify something exactly
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German:
ins Schwarze treffen
— identify something exactly
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German:
de Nagel uf de Chopf treffe
— identify something exactly
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Hungarian:
fején találja a szöget
— identify something exactly
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Icelandic:
hitta naglann á höfuðið
— identify something exactly
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Icelandic:
eiga kollgátuna
— identify something exactly
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Icelandic:
hitta í mark
— identify something exactly
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Icelandic:
koma orðum að kjarna máls
— identify something exactly
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Icelandic:
tilgreina kjarna máls
— identify something exactly
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Italian:
colpire nel segno
— identify something exactly
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Italian:
fare centro
— identify something exactly
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Latin:
rem acū tangō
— identify something exactly
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Latin:
acū tangō
— identify something exactly
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Lithuanian:
durti kaip pirštu į akį
— identify something exactly
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Luxembourgish:
den Nol op de Kapp treffen
— identify something exactly
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Maltese:
laqat il-musmar fuq rasu
— identify something exactly
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Polish:
trafiać w sedno
— identify something exactly
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Polish:
trafić w sedno
— identify something exactly
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Portuguese:
acertar em cheio
— identify something exactly
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Russian:
попа́сть не в бровь, а в глаз
(popástʹ ne v brovʹ, a v glaz)
— identify something exactly
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Russian:
попа́сть в то́чку
(popástʹ v tóčku)
— identify something exactly
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Spanish:
dar en el blanco
— identify something exactly
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Spanish:
dar en el clavo
— identify something exactly
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Spanish:
clavarla en el ángulo
— identify something exactly
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Spanish:
acertar
— identify something exactly
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Spanish:
hacerlo bien
— identify something exactly
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Swedish:
slå huvudet på spiken
— identify something exactly
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Turkish:
tam üstüne basmak
— identify something exactly
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Turkish:
taşı gediğine koymak
— identify something exactly
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Turkish:
taşı yerine koymak
— identify something exactly
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Ukrainian:
попа́сти в то́чку
(popásty v tóčku)
— identify something exactly
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Ukrainian:
приткну́ти як вужа́ ви́лами
(prytknúty jak vužá výlamy)
— identify something exactly
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Ukrainian:
у самі́сіньке о́ко вці́лити
(u samísinʹke óko vcílyty)
— identify something exactly
