hit the nail on the head in Anglais

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    "Composé de hit, the, nail, on, the et head, littéralement « frapper le clou sur la tête »."
  ],
  "lang": "Anglais",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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    "se conjugue : → voir la conjugaison de hit"
  ],
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    {
      "word": "on the dot"
    },
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      "word": "on the nose"
    }
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        {
          "text": "He hit the nail on the head when he said the problem was the thermostat.",
          "translation": "Il a mis dans le mille quand il a dit que le problème était le thermostat."
        }
      ],
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        "Faire mouche, mettre dans le mille, identifier quelque chose avec précision."
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  "word": "hit the nail on the head"
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    "Compositions en anglais",
    "Locutions verbales en anglais",
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  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "Composé de hit, the, nail, on, the et head, littéralement « frapper le clou sur la tête »."
  ],
  "lang": "Anglais",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "pos_title": "Locution verbale",
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    "se conjugue : → voir la conjugaison de hit"
  ],
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "on the dot"
    },
    {
      "word": "on the nose"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
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        "Exemples en anglais",
        "Métaphores en anglais"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He hit the nail on the head when he said the problem was the thermostat.",
          "translation": "Il a mis dans le mille quand il a dit que le problème était le thermostat."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Faire mouche, mettre dans le mille, identifier quelque chose avec précision."
      ],
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        "figuratively",
        "idiomatic"
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      "raw_tags": [
        "Australie"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "hit the nail on the head"
}

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"hit the nail on the head" meaning in Anglais

Verb