図星

ずぼし【図星】

¶ → 図星をさす

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ずぼし【図星】

the bull's-eye; the mark.

●図星を指す hit it [the mark]; guess right; hit the nail on the head; put one's finger 《on…》; 〔人の思わくなどを〕 spot 《sb's》 design

・図星を指される have one's design penetrated [seen through]

・図星を指されてぐうの音も出なかった. He didn't say a word, because his plan [scheme] had been seen through [《英》 《口》 rumbled].

●おっしゃることはまさに図星です. You're (dead) right. | You've hit the nail on the head! | You've guessed right. | You said it!

・どうです, 図星でしょう. I guessed right, eh! | I nailed it, didn't I?