hammer home | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)Torepeatedlyorcontinuallyemphasise(anopinionoridea) until or so that a person or group of people understands it.The politicians seem to think that they have tohammer homeevery policy for the public to understand it: I would have thought we're more intelligent than that.2020December 21, Bryan Lufkin, “How 'linguistic mirroring' can make you more convincing”, inBBC‎[1]:In other situations, you might know someone who adds colour with personal anecdotes and feelings. You could shoot off a similar response – perhaps including a short story of your own tohammer homeyour point.2023August 23, Pip Dunn, “The last bastion of the HST 'Castles'”, inRAIL, number990, page49:Seeing that it was withdrawn in perfectly good working orderhammersithome: these trains are on borrowed time.

Examples:

EN: It was a lesson I was ever trying to hammer home to sis.
ES: Era algo que estaba tratando de dejar claro a mi hermana.
EN: You hammer home an out-of-date debate.
ES: Es un debate anticuado.
EN: And listen, I'll hammer home the whole nut thing so you can relax and eat whatever you want at the reception.
ES: Y escucha, recalcaré que nada de frutos secos así que te podrás relajar y comer todo lo que quieras en la recepción
EN: So hammer home that impatience only hurts the overall cause.
ES: Así que recalcar que impaciencia sólo perjudica a la causa general.
EN: See, the problem is I feel like we need grill marks on it to hammer home the healthful-looking sandwich.
ES: Pero siento que necesita las marcas para instaurar la idea de saludable.
EN: Well, can I just assume that you're wearing a ridiculously wrinkled shirt to hammer home a point with your trademark subtlety?
ES: ¿Puedo suponer que te pusiste una camisa arrugada para molestarme con tu personal sutileza?
EN: I want to really hammer home that 1970 experience.
ES: Quiero clavar esa experiencia de 1970.
EN: We need Sarah to hammer home Derek's obsession.
ES: Necesitamos que recalque la obsesión de Derek.
EN: Three-inch lifts just to really hammer home...
ES: Elevadores de tres pulgadas solo para realmente recalcar...
EN: I was, uh, really trying to hammer home the gravity of the speech.
ES: Sólo estaba buscando recalcar la gravedad en el discurso.
EN: The objective is to hammer home the importance of "sustainable development" to every citizen, and to obtain support from the public.
HI: इस छूट का उद्देश्य सरकार के 'सभी के लिए आवास' लक्ष्य को बल देना और घर खरीदारों को समर्थ बनाना है।
EN: Apparently he really wanted to hammer home the fact that it's mind-blowing.
HI: आस ये मन में लगाए,घर में रौनक आएगी
EN: How they weren't attracted to hammer home the point of joy.
HI: जो घर में खुशियां आने के नाम ही नहीं लेती।
EN: Why not hammer home the economic policies that he had so confidently presented in years past - even in the face of opposition from his own party (like Gingrich)?
HI: तो क्यों नहीं औद्योगिक रूप से विकसित प्रशिया ने उस की गंभीरता का सामना किया (वैसे, यहां तक कि लंबे समय तक) युद्ध, और बिस्मार्क के शानदार दिमाग को अपने घुटनों पर लाया गया था?
EN: The press is trying to hammer home:
HI: लोग काट रहे थे घर के चक्कर:

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