John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
202 John Heywood 1497?-1580? John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 202 |
| AUTHOR: | John Heywood (1497?–1580?) |
| QUOTATION: | This hitteth the naile on the hed. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Proverbes. Part ii. Chap. xi. |
| Note 1. You have there hit the nail on the head.—Francis Rabelais: bk. iii. ch. xxxi. [back] |