on the mark | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)Preciselyaccurate;correctorappropriate.1989Feb. 12,Beverly Lowry, "Books: Everyone is somebody's child" (review ofEqual AffectionsbyDavid Leavitt),New York Times(retrieved 14 Sept 2017):The writing was often good, his feel for characterson the mark, but the book was wordy.2013June 7, Phillip Inman, “9 reasons Keynesians aren't winning the argument”, inGuardian, UK, retrieved 14 Sept 2017:Three eminent mainstream British economists told MPs . . . that the government had struck the right balance between cuts and spending. Austerity is bangon the mark, they said.2016June 25, Joel Connelly, “Older, grayer, battle-scarred Obama still 'fired up, ready to go'”, inSeattle Post-Intelligencer, retrieved 14 Sept 2017:The Republicans haven't always beenon the markwith doomsday predictions about Democratic presidents.

Examples:

EN: - Right on the mark again!
ES: - ¡Justo sobre la marca otra vez!
EN: Someone throws a punch And plants it right smack on the mark
ES: A/guien da un go/pe y /o da bien Justo en e/ b/anco
EN: I'm right on the mark.
ES: Estoy en lo cierto.
EN: Eight feet, Joe B., right on the mark!
ES: 2 metros 45 Joe B., ni más ni menos.
EN: I mean, you've really been on the mark, except for Mitchell.
ES: Es decir, de veras han acertado en todo, excepto en lo de Mitchell.
EN: Then stops on the mark. Sonny, your first line is...
ES: Sonny, tu primera frase es...
EN: - Right on the mark, baby.
ES: - Justo en el centro, nena.
EN: The ages are right on the mark.
ES: Las edades parecen las correctas.
EN: Put a liner on the mark.
ES: La última.
EN: Okay. I'm on the mark.
ES: Estoy en el lugar.
EN: I want a turn-up, on the mark.
ES: Quiero todo cargado ahora mismo.
EN: Well, Niles, you know I'm not usually one to toot my own horn, but I think in this case I was on the mark.
ES: Bueno, Niles, sabes, normalmente no me doy importancia..., ....pero creo que en este caso he dado en el clavo.
EN: Now expand on the mark.
ES: Extiende esa marca.
EN: It would be easier to laugh her off if she wasn't a little on the mark.
ES: Sería más fácil reírse si no dijera la verdad.
EN: Celia's thrown onto the bed... then, remember if you stop here, on the mark, because it is simpler for you to go to the bureau... where you get out the gun.
ES: A Celia la tiran a la cama... y recuerda que si paras aquí en la señal... porque es más fácil ir al cajón. Donde sacas la pistola.

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