put one's finger on it
Meaning: To identify or understand something properly.
Language: English
Literally: (Already vivid in English)
Category: Body & Senses
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- put one's foot down — To be firm and unyielding about something.
- put one's money where one's mouth is — To support what one is saying by risking or spending money (sentences 1 and 2); to demons…
- rack one's brain — To search through one's mind intensively; to try very hard to think of something.
- rule of thumb — A rough guide; an unwritten or customary rule based on experience or practice.
- save face — To maintain/not maintain a degree of pride in a shameful situation.
- see eye to eye — To agree.
More English idioms
- set someone's teeth on edge — To irritate.
- shake a leg — To hurry.
- shot in the arm — Something that stimulates, boosts, or renews people's interest.
- stand on one's own two feet — To be independent and self-supporting.
- stick one's neck out — To take a risk.
- stick one's nose in — To try to find out about someone else's private business.
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