on the mark

== English == === Pronunciation === === Prepositional phrase === on the mark (idiomatic) Precisely accurate; correct or appropriate. 1989 Feb. 12, Beverly Lowry, "Books: Everyone is somebody's child" (review of Equal Affections by David Leavitt), New York Times (retrieved 14 Sept 2017): The writing was often good, his feel for characters on the mark, but the book was wordy. ==== Synonyms ==== bang on, on the dot, on the money; see also Thesaurus:exactly ==== Antonyms ==== off the mark wide of the mark ==== Translations ====