hit the bull's-eye
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“It was in poor taste. All pure intentions, but sometimes you don’t hit the bull’s-eye, right?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 5, 2022
All pure intentions, but sometimes you don't hit the bull's-eye, right?
From Salon ● Jan. 5, 2022
But it didn’t take the binoculars provided by the onlooking coach to know that she hit the bull’s-eye.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 12, 2016
Moreover, she said, since prices are arbitrarily set, and not responsive to market forces, regulators “have to hit the bull’s-eye to ensure all milk produced is sold.”
From Washington Times ● Dec. 23, 2015
If I throw twenty darts at a target and manage to hit the bull’s-eye eighteen times, the next time I throw twenty darts, I probably won’t do as well.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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