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Phrase(s): hit the bull’s-eye
1. Lit. to hit the very center of a circular target. • The archer hit the bull’s-eye three times in a row. • I didn’t hit the bull’s-eye even once. 2. Fig. to achieve the goal perfectly. • Your idea really hit the bull’seye. Thank you! • Jill has a lot of insight. She knows how to hit the bull’s-eye.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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Also, hit the mark or the nail on the head. Be absolutely right, as in Your remark about finances hit the bull's-eye, or Jane hit the mark with her idea for shuffling personnel, or The governor's speech on attracting new businesses hit the nail on the head. The round black center of a target has been called a bull's-eye since the 17th century; mark similarly alludes to a target; and the analogy to driving home a nail by hitting it on its head dates from the 16th century. Also see OFF THE MARK.
American Heritage Idioms