"Looking over your outline, I think you're exactly right.  Somewhat
different, but equally effective, methods for doing the validation."

"hit the nail on the head" => "are exactly right" (He hit the nail on
the head (driving it in), not on the side (bending it over), which is
exactly right)

"skin a cat" => "method for doing a task" (I skin a cat from the head
back, you skin it from the tail forward)

Another fascinating topic, at least to me.  We obviously both speak
English, but in all but the most basic cases, merely understanding the
language isnt' enough for communication.  The idioms that are
country/society/geography specific are just as important.  Not
demeaning you in any way, of course.  I always have to smile when
basic assumptions like "idioms are universal" are blatantly proven
wrong.

cheers,
barneyb

On Wed, 3 Nov 2004 23:39:13 +0200, Murat Demirci <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Looking over your outline, I think you hit the nail on the head.
> > Somewhat different, but equally effective, ways to skin a cat.  I've
> > always liked that expression, especially when you really take time to
> > envision what it's really saying.
> >
> 
> I don't understand what you say here, sorry my english is poor. My brain
> stopped (it's midnight in Turkey (Turkiye not turkey :).
> 
> Hitting the nail on the head?? Ways to skin a cat?? Very strange sentences
> for me. I couldn't understand this paragraph. Could you clarify it?
> 
> Murat.
> 
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