hit the nail on the head

(verb) to say the exact right thing

Example Sentences:

Teacher: So, what’s the correct answer?
Student: 12?
Teacher: Good job, student. You hit the nail on the head.

Our boss loves you, because you have a way of always hitting the nail on the head. You know how to say the right things!

A: Did you hear about Wendy and John?
B: Let me guess, they are getting a divorce?
A: Wow, you hit the nail on the head. How did you know?

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Similar idioms:

1. nail-biter
2. have one’s head in the clouds
3. hit the books
4. hit on someone
5. hit it off
6. hang one’s head
7. beat one’s head against the wall
8. be banging one’s head against the wall
9. nail it
10. a picture paints a thousand words
11. hit-and-miss
12. get one’s head around
13. see through someone
14. over one’s head
15. bite someone’s head off