hit the nail on the head
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This rambling complaint serves as an admission that your editorial on Jimmy Lai’s rigged trial and conviction hit the nail on the head.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025
“The first song Roger Nichols and I wrote was called ‘It’s hard to say goodbye …’ Sadly, we hit the nail on the head.
From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2025
Paul Mescal has said Saoirse Ronan "hit the nail on the head" when she spoke about women’s safety, in a clip that went viral.
From BBC • Nov. 16, 2024
Indeed, as much as we would like to ding Kavadlo for saying the words “the mediated language and enactment of disaster” to a cable news channel, he’s pretty much hit the nail on the head.
From Slate • Feb. 15, 2023
Then Mrs. Darrell Embree called out, “The Sweet Singer has hit the nail on the head with that one! It is the finest piece of literature written in our lifetime!”
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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