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Hit the nail on the head

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The idiom to hit the nail on the head means to describe something exactly right. There is no mistake in the understanding. It suggests accuracy, like hitting a nail right on the head.

Derivations of this idiom are "nail on the head" and "nailed it".

Your explanation hit the nail right on the head.

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