Mit seinem Vergleich zwischen Beton und Blumenwiese trifft Otti bei den Nachbarn ins Schwarze. With his comparison between concrete and a flower meadow, Otti hits the nail on the head with the neighbours.

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ins Schwarze treffen

[ɪns ˈʃvaʁt͡sə ˈtʁɛfn̩]

to hit the nail on the head, to hit the bull's-eye

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Ich glaube, mit dieser Frage habe ich ins Schwarze getroffen, denn plötzlich reden alle durcheinander.

I think I hit the nail on the head with that question, because suddenly everyone is talking at once.
Mit deiner Bemerkung über die Mieten triffst du genau ins Schwarze.

With your remark about the rents you've hit the nail right on the head.
Mit eurem Plakat habt ihr ins Schwarze getroffen: Schon zwanzig Nachbarn haben sich eingetragen.

You've hit the bull's-eye with your poster: twenty neighbours have already signed up.

In Otti's situations: Otti and the art of persuasion

der Appell appellieren die Argumentationskette das Beispiel eindringlich das Gegenüber die Körpersprache manipulieren der Redner die Rednerin die Rhetorik rhetorisch

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