To hit something in the nail

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Hi,I am very confused about this sentence: "to hit it in the nail" I have found it on the dictionary but I doubt it fits this context:A: "Please have a look at the project for your stand and let me know your opinion"B: "Thank you for the drawing but I am afraid you haven´t hit in the nail" ?? Here I mean not to match the expectations or not to understand the customer´s requests for the stand.Can some teacher help please?thanks

KJinCali79 · Accepted Answer

In the U.S. we say "hit the nail on the head."  To mean, that you precisely understood/got the point.   You can say, "I am afraid you haven't hit the nail on the head." to mean the opposite, but I'm not sure if that's what you want to say.  You might just say "I am afraid you missed the point."

Pamela81 · Answer

KJinCali79 In the U.S. we say "hit the nail on the head." To mean, that you precisely understood/got the point. You can say, "I am afraid you haven't hit the nail on the head." to mean the opposite, but I'm not sure if that's what you want to say. You might just say "I am afraid you missed the point."

Hi,
thank you very much.

Oh, yes! I think that in this case I can tell you that "you have hit the nail on the head"

because it is precisely what I wanted to say, my only doubt is if my customers (who aren´t very often English native speakers" will understand me

About "to miss the point" doesn´t this mean "to forget" or "to leave out" ?

Thanks

Pamela

KJinCali79 · Answer

"Missed the point" in this context would be misunderstood the point. In fact, if you want to be clear, you can say "I am afraid you misunderstood the point." Miss the point is an idiom, so word-for-word it does not have the same meaning as the verb "to miss".http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/miss+the+point

Pamela81 · Answer

Very good explanation!! Thank you so much!

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