You have hit the nail on the head


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Hit the nail on the head.
FRANCIS BEAUMONT AND JOHN FLETCHER
You hit the nail on the head. When we lose, we don't score goals.
ANDY HILBERT
We hit the nail on the head. If we had to do it over again, we would grab him in a second.
MARK SHERIFF
You have hit it on the head.
JOHN MURTHA
You don't have to hit anybody on the head to be sexy.
EARTHA KITT
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FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE
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NANCY FARMER
Brent hit the big one to sort of put the nail in the coffin.
PAT RILEY
Dimitri: "Why did you come here?"
Rose: "Because you hit me on the head and dragged me here.
RICHELLE MEAD
Don't sacrifice the present and attempt to achieve the impossible- to completely correct the past......
ASSEGID HABTEWOLD
If you hit a midget on the head with a stick, he turns into 40 gold coins.
PATTON OSWALT
Why the Head is placed above the heart? The head should be the judge of the heart concerning matters...
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN)
But the dust! And the clutter! My housewifely and scholarly instincts were equally offended.
ELIZABETH PETERS
But when have I ever needed saving?
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TRACY WARD
That the birds of worry and care fly over you head, this you cannot change, but that they build nest...
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EDWARD GARDNER
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PAT RILEY
You have to have talent. You have to get the audition and then you have to nail the audition.
JOEL MCHALE
We are not victims by nature...we are programmed to be victims...for good reason...if we truly embra...
GAIL MARIE MACLEAN
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KELLY JONES
A proverb is no proverb to you until life has illustrated it.
JOHN KEATS
A proverb is no proverb to you until life has illustrated it
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There is, I am sensible, an age at which every individual of you would choose to stop; and you will ...
JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU
But thing in the past are like plate that’s shattered to pieces. You can never put it back togethe...
HARUKI MURAKAMI
The whole town had instantly gone to bed; the only noise now was barking dogs. How could I ever slee...
JACK KEROUAC
I ate apple pie and ice cream—it was getting better as I got deeper into Iowa, the pie bigger, the...
JACK KEROUAC
Somewhere along the line, the pearl would be handed to me.
JACK KEROUAC
A proverb is not a proverb to you until life has illustrated it.
JOHN KEATS
Once I fell out of a tree and was hit by a motorbike. I still have the scar on my head now.
NOBU MATSUHISA
The afternoon knows what the morning never suspected.
SWEDISH PROVERB
We're getting hit over the head in all directions.
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ANDREW KLAVAN
I use pure acetone Nail Polish Remover from Nails Inc. to really strip the nail. It's actually i...
EVA CHEN
So how did it feel when you broke a nail on the third week of the show.
JULIE CHEN
I've got a hangover."
"No, you hit your head on the floor."
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DIANA WYNNE JONES
I always thought the saddest feeling in life is when you're dancing in a really joyful way and t...
LENA DUNHAM
I tried to help you turn the page by burning it, but you fucking kept sniffing the ashes!
AHMED MOSTAFA
When the only tool you have is a hammer you tend to see every problem as a nail.
ABRAHAM MASLOW
If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
ABRAHAM MASLOW
If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
ABRAHAM H. MASLOW
If you don't have humour, then you may as well nail the coffin lid down now.
ROGER MOORE
Sometimes life is going to hit you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith.
STEVE JOBS
I despise the Lottery. There's less chance of you becoming a millionaire than there is of gettin...
BRIAN MAY
Well, shit," Dobe said. "I guess you're familiar with the law. You hit it over the head, set its hou...
ILONA ANDREWS
What's Your Road, Man?
JACK KEROUAC
Next time I expect you to act a little friendlier and remember that we would like to get out of here...
TRACEY WARD
Merry Christmas.” he says quietly, pulling something from his back pocket.
I frown in confusi...
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Everybody is on the run. Either from something or someone.
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He felt as if his heart had dried up. I needed her he thought. I needed someone like her to fill the...
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It kind of slid down the ladder. It came right down and hit him on top of the head. . . . He just we...
BOB PERRY
If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
UNKNOWN
If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
BERNARD BARUCH
If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
BERNARD M. BARUCH
The shot went through the driver's windshield. If the deputy didn't move, it would have hit him in t...
TERI BARBERA
I've cracked my head open before; I've had some great injuries. So I have to do it on the si...
MAIKA MONROE
If you only have a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
ABRAHAM MASLOW
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EMMA WATSON
If the bird hadn’t sung, it wouldn’t have been shot. Japanese Proverb
BOHDI SANDERS
When you have a hammer in your hand everything around you starts looking like a nail.
ANONYMOUS
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JIM BROWN
When you turn your back on a barking dog, it will eventually stop. When you turn your back on a bark...
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TONY PONTURO
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A.J. HAWK
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DANNY BONADUCE
The two situations are not even remotely related - except to the extent that both of us got hit over...
DAN WALKER
Nothing ever becomes real till it is experienced -- even a proverb is no proverb to you till your li...
JOHN KEATS
If you don't have a club-head speed of about 100 mph, it's a waste of time to try to hit long irons.
DAVID LEADBETTER
You didn't," John said, stepping from the shadows as he clapped for me, "even hit your head this tim...
MEG CABOT
Rehashing the past wouldn't change anything. Time to move forward.
ZENA WYNN
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CASEY STENGEL
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MAX PALLENBERG
A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience.
MIGUEL DE CERVANTES
A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience.
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J.I. PACKER
Life becomes easier when you learn to accept an apology you never got.
ROBERT BRAULT
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ILONA ANDREWS
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DIANE HAMMOND
Non avevo niente da offrire a nessuno tranne la mia confusione.
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I'm not some fantasy
of how you think you think you know
or who ...
JAMES HOWE
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MARGARET MITCHELL
The proverb is something musty.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
It is tempting, if the only tool you have is a hammer, treat everything as if it were a nail.
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