Definition 2024
on_the_money
on the money
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on the money
( idiomatic ) In the correct position; on target ; precisely accurate ; accurately .
1987 July, Maj. Michael B. Perini, USAF, "In Good Hands with Gold 11 ," Air Force Magazine , vol. 70, no. 7 (retrieved 10 May 2014) :
Two of the A-4s landed on the money . The third was not so lucky.
2008 Oct. 10, Richard Friebe, "How Nobel Winners Spend Their Prize Money: Al Gore ," Time (retrieved 10 May 2014) :
For years, Gore had been dismissed, even ridiculed, for his traveling Power Point extravaganza warning about climate change. . . . Today, few would disagree that Al was pretty much on the money .
2011 Aug. 19, The Secret Footballer , "For new boys there's nothing like the big time ," The Guardian (UK) (retrieved 10 May 2014) :
I always felt that Bob Dylan was on the money when he sang: "When you got nothing, you got nothing to lose."
2013 Feb. 1, Robert Peele, "New Cars: Nissan Versa SL ," New York Times (retrieved 10 May 2014) :
Its mileage claims were right on the money .
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