hit the bull's-eye

Example Sentences

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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