'Hit the Nail on the Head' with These Expressions
Idioms can be useful tools in a conversation, so we thought you might like to know some idioms that are about tools!
If someone is doing a bad job, they might blame the equipment they are using. Sometimes they’re right, but when we say, "a bad workman always blames his tools," we mean the person is actually the problem.
If you tried to make a website for a friend's business, but it didn't work, you might blame the app or website you used. But your friend could say, "A bad workman always blames his tools. Maybe you've made a mistake, I’ll check."
When you "hit the nail on the head," it means you are 100% correct about something. This expression comes from how you need to hit a nail on its flat top — or head — for it to go into something.
Your friend might tell you that the pictures on the website are too big. You could reply, "You've hit the nail on the head. If we make these pictures smaller, the website will work."
Someone with their "head screwed on right" is smart and can make good decisions. This expression uses the verb "screw" to describe how the head is attached to the body. If your head wasn't attached to your body properly, it definitely wouldn't work well enough for you to make good choices!
So you could say to your friend, "It's a good thing you have your head screwed on right, or we never would have fixed this problem!"
