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another nail in one's coffin	One in a series of factors which lead, or purport to lead, to downfall.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
better than a poke in the eye with a rusty nail	Alternative form of better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
dumber than a door-nail	Someone who is just stupid, and doesn't even know what doornail means anyway so isn't really insulted by the term anyway.	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
emery board	nail file	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
fight tooth and nail	To use every means possible to overcome a difficult opposition.	Rate it: (5.00 / 2 votes)
Fight Tooth and Nail	To fight vigorously and ferociously, to make tiring effort to get something	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
final nail in the coffin	Something that is ultimately responsible for a previously prospective demise or failure.	Rate it: (3.40 / 5 votes)
frapper au bon endroit	To touch the right spring; To hit the right nail on the head; To hit the mark; To touch the spot.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
hit the nail on the head	To do the right thing at the right time and in right way.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
hit the nail on the head	To identify something exactly; to arrive at exactly the right answer.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
hit the nail on the head!	To do something perfectly, to give a textbook answer to a question that shows you grasp the concept at hand.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
Hit the Nail Right on the Head	To say something exactly accurate or correct, to reach at right conclusion of something	Rate it: (1.00 / 1 vote)
if all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail	With limited tools, single-minded people apply them inappropriately or indiscriminatelyIf a person is familiar with a certain, single subject/has with them a certain, single instrument, they may have a confirmation bias to believe that it is the answer to/involved in everything.	Rate it: (4.67 / 3 votes)
il a bec et ongles	He will fight with beak and claw, tooth and nail.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
last nail in the coffin	Alternative form of final nail in the coffin	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
nail biter	An engaging or exciting cliffhanger.	Rate it: (3.00 / 1 vote)
nail biter	A nervous or uncomfortable situation.	Rate it: (3.00 / 3 votes)
nail biter	One who bites or chews his or her fingernails.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
nail down	Firm or certain.	Rate it: (3.50 / 4 votes)
nail down	To attach with nails.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
nail in the coffin	An action that will lead something to come to a final finish.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
nail the hammer on the head	To solve a problem of any sort; to get the right answer to something; to be on target, spot on.	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
on the nail	(of payment) without delay	Rate it: (5.00 / 2 votes)
pour un point (or, faute d'un point) martin perdit son âne	For want of a nail the shoe was lost (or, the miller lost his mare); Be careful of trifles.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
religion is like a nail, the deeper you hammer it, the deeper it goes.	Addresses the folly of religous intolerance. Criticizing a person's beliefs is more likely to deepen their convictions rather than convince them to change.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
rem acu tetigisti	you have hit the nail on the head.	Rate it: (2.00 / 1 vote)
snail it, until you nail it!	When you’re practicing a musical piece and mistakes are happening. Slow it down at a snails pace and get it right and then speed it up.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
tattle tell, tattle tell, hang your britches on a nail.	If you tell, we hope you snag your britches.	Rate it: (1.00 / 1 vote)
tooth and nail	Viciously; with all one’s strength or power; without holding back..	Rate it: (1.00 / 1 vote)
tooth and nail	Taking everything bodily you possibly could offer/ use to get the job or task done, usually referring to an tough battle ahead. Battle usually a physical fight, or harsh obstacles were to be meet with this plight, but you or many were going to give it your all.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
tooth-and-nail	vicious; violent; full of strength and power	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
tooth-and-nail	viciously, violently	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
up nellie's on a nail	What my mother used to say if I asked her where something was when I couldn't find it	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
vous avez mis le doigt dessus	You have hit the right nail on the head; You have touched the spot.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
yank out	To remove something like a nail, or a tooth with one quick strong pull.	Rate it: (2.50 / 2 votes)