hit the nail on the head

попасть в точку

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She was familiar with all the ins-and-outs of farming; she asked questions about everything with great exactitude, went into every point; every word of hers went straight to the root of the matter, and hit the nail on the head.
Вся подноготная хозяйства была ей отлично известна; она обо всем аккуратно расспрашивала, во все входила; каждое ее слово попадало в цель, ставило точку прямо на I.
Turgenev, I.S. / The Torrents of SpringТургенев, И.С. / Вешние воды
Вешние воды
Тургенев, И.С.
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1978
The Torrents of Spring
Turgenev, I.S.
© BiblioBazaar, LLC

"You hit the nail on the head.
– Это вы в самую точку попали.
Dickens, Charles / Great ExpectationsДиккенс, Чарльз / Большие надежды
Большие надежды
Диккенс, Чарльз
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1960
Great Expectations
Dickens, Charles
© 2010 Ignatius Press, San Francisco

You have hit the nail on the head here, in effect, this will mean a higher budget deficit.
Вы сейчас попали в точку. По сути, это будет означать для нас увеличение дефицита бюджета.
http://government.ru/ 23.08.2011
http://government.ru/ 23.08.2011

you have certainly hit the nail on the head.
— Вы абсолютно правы.
Joyce, James / A Portrait of the Artist as a Young ManДжойс, Джеймс / Портрет художника в юности
Портрет художника в юности
Джойс, Джеймс
© Перевод М. Богословской. Наследники, 2007
© Оформление, издание на русском языке. ООО "Издательство "Эксмо", 2007
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Joyce, James
© 2007 BiblioBazaar

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hit the nail on the head

попа́сть в то́чку

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не в бровь, а в глаз
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попасть в точку
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сказано в точку
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Сontains 50,949 words and phrases. Selection of vocabulary, presentation of pronunciation peculiarities, grammar and spelling reflect the American variant of conversational English widely used in different areas of contemporary life.