Acertar na mosca
Meaning: To be exactly right; to hit the bullseye.
Language: Portuguese
Literally: To hit the fly
Category: Animals
Origin: Striking the tiny fly dead-center pictures perfect, pinpoint accuracy.
Equivalents in other languages
- German: Den Nagel auf den Kopf treffen — literally: To hit the nail on the head
More idioms — Animals
- Dar com os burros n'água — To fail despite all your effort.
- Считать ворон (Schitat' voron) — To idle and let chances slip by.
- 月とすっぽん (Tsuki to suppon) — Two things alike at a glance but worlds apart.
- 一箭双雕 (Yī jiàn shuāng diāo) — To achieve two things with a single act.
- Att ha en räv bakom örat — To be cunning and sly.
- Mieć węża w kieszeni — To be very stingy.
More Portuguese idioms
- Tirar o pai da forca — Said of something done in frantic urgency.
- Chorar de barriga cheia — To complain when you have nothing to complain about.
- volta e meia — Occasionally or now and then.
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- nada a ver — Nonsense or absurdity; something that makes no sense.
- virar bicho — To become extremely angry or enraged.
From our untranslatable words
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