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You nailed that right on the head

Posted: September 24, 2014 | Author: | Filed under: BODY PARTS, head, nail, THINGS | Tags: , , , , , , , , |4 Comments

This one comes to us courtesy of CBS Sports.   Mike Carey, the “CBS Officiating Expert” on the NFL, said this beauty during the Denver-Kansas City game.  This is a congruent conflation of  “hit the nail on the head”  and “nailed it”, both meaning to do exactly the right thing.  This is a particular good one, as it is subtle and combines phrases with the same meaning.  Some of the confusion lies in the visual of hammering a nail on its head.   It is similar to “You hit it right on the nail”, reported on 8/29/12 in this website.  A big thank you to Mike Kovacs for reporting this one!

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4 Comments on “You nailed that right on the head”

  1. Tina Manatos says:
    September 24, 2014 at 9:58 am

    This is great! I especially like the visual. Where in the world do you find all of these malaphors??

    Reply
  2. jcosjunk@gmail.com says:
    September 24, 2014 at 1:47 pm

    Pure genius on this one. One of the best I’ve heard!

    Sent from my iPhone

    Reply

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