Example
“The scale of the enrollment decline hit home when the principal saw the empty classroom.”
Dictionary details
Related idioms
Expressions connected by reviewed component words or topic tags.
hit the bottle
CEFR B2to begin drinking alcohol heavily, often in response to personal distress
hit the jackpot
CEFR B1To gain a remarkably favorable result, usually unexpectedly or through luck.
hit the mark
CEFR B1to produce exactly the intended effect or be correct
home and dry
CEFR C1successfully completed or achieved, with the main risks safely past
anyone's guess
CEFR B1something whose answer or outcome is completely uncertain
blow off steam
CEFR B1to release pent-up energy or emotion through some activity
Source methodology
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