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kevinbodley | 20:29 Tue 07th May 2002 | Phrases & Sayings
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Hit the nail on the head
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presumably it was just a popular illustration that indicates precision and accuracy that passed into phraseology!!!
23:38 Tue 07th May 2002
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This might seem somewhat confused because I'm working with a very poor memory here... you might find some of this is clarified/corrected in time: Auctions were held in the docks area of Bristol and, upon a sale, the auctioneer would bring the hammer down on an iron pillar (capstan?). This was named "the nail" locally and if your got what you were bidding for people would say "you hit the nail on the head". Well, that's something like it!
21:46 Thu 09th May 2002
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rocksoft has the correct answer. "If you hit the nail on the head you have missed the point."
11:53 Sat 11th May 2002

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