hit the nail on the head

English

Verb

to hit the nail on the head

1. (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.

Translations

identify something exactly

• Chinese: 一針見血, 一针见血
• Czech: uhodit hřebíček na hlavičku (cs), udeřit hřebíček na hlavičku (cs)
• 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 (is), eiga kollgátuna (is), hitta í mark (is), koma orðum að kjarna máls (is), tilgreina kjarna máls (is)
• Latin: rem acū tangō (la), acū tangō (la)
• Portuguese: acertar em cheio (pt)
• Russian: попасть не в бровь а в глаз /hit not the brow but the eye/,попасть в точку /hit the spot/
• Swedish: slå huvudet på spiken (sv)

See also

• on the dot
• on the nose