Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—R

Rem Acu

You have hit the mark; you have hit the nail on the head. Rem acu tetigisti (Plautus). A phrase in archery, meaning, You have hit the white, or the bull's-eye.

`Rem acu
“once again,' said Sir Piercie.” —The Monastery, chap. xvi.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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