In class today, I said the phrase "on the button" to mean "exact" when we were discussing the frequency of train schedules in our book. One schedule didn't have a regular schedule: the next train was in 4.5 hours and the one after that was in 3 hours and so on. So we estimated the frequency and said "about every 4 hours" and I said "It's not on the button, but yes there are trains about every 4 hours."
So, do you know of other English phrases that express the same idea? Have you ever heard:
"You hit the nail on the head."
"You guessed it right on the nose."
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