on the nail

without delay, on time (about payment; informal)

Usually, once I receive a bill, I pay it on the nail.

on the nail by vovahuevo September 24, 2017

hit the nail on the head 

(v.) To do something perfectly, to give a textbook answer to a question that shows you grasp the concept at hand.

Why does this car not work?


Because it's a ford!


You've hit the nail on the head.

hit the nail on the head by Kung-Fu Jesus June 23, 2004

Hit The Nail On The Coffin 

A Malaphor, or an idiom blend, combining "hit the nail on the head" (to do something exactly right) and "another nail in the coffin"(something that will harm or destroy someone – e.g., cigarette) to mean someone succeeded at doing something that may lead to their demise or the demise of another or just that they did a great job at something that they probably shouldn't have done at all.

Best used sarcastically.

"You did a great job of pissing off your ex. Really hit the nail on the coffin back there."
"What?"

Hit The Nail On The Coffin by nmwhitehead September 3, 2016

you hit the nail on the head 

You are 100% dam right

You dam right, , you hit the nail on the head

you hit the nail on the head by Faisal Ali October 17, 2020

hitting the nail too squarely on the head 

Expressing oneself too directly, too plainly, insensitively.

I once considered buying a birthday card for my dad that made fun of his age. My dad was in his late 60's. It portrayed a man in a car looking in a rear-view mirror with a panicked expression, and seeing the Grim Reaper. The message printed on the mirror was, "Objects shown in mirror may be closer than they appear." I thought it was hilarious, but I thought it was "hitting the nail too squarely on the head." It's implication was too direct.

hitting the nail too squarely on the head by kwebb1265 October 21, 2010

pin the nail on the jesus

a game played by jews, rather than pin the tail on the donkey.

The Jew across the street invited me to play pin the nail on the jesus, but i told him hell no.

pin the nail on the jesus by RMG September 7, 2004

Hits the nail on the cherry 

When the marijuana affects the smoker of it in such a way that it fulfills their high ideals.

This strain really hits the nail on the cherry.

Hits the nail on the cherry by The Degenerate Rat May 4, 2021