Hit the spot

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定义

(That beer) hit the spot!: （那杯啤酒）真是痛快！ idiom

练习 1

"It took me 5 hours to find a parking spot."

All the sentences below are grammatically correct. Choose the sentence which uses "spot" in the same way as Philip in the dialogue!

That's the spot where I saw the alien spaceship.

A cool glass of beer on a hot day really hits the spot.

There was no time to think, so we had to make a decision on the spot.

We looked for hours, and then we finally spotted him by a big tree.

I don't know

"It took me 5 hours to find a parking spot."

All the sentences below are grammatically correct. Choose the sentence which uses "spot" in the same way as Philip in the dialogue!

That's the spot where I saw the alien spaceship.

In this sentence, the noun "spot" refers to a location or a space. Philip is also referring to a location when he talks about a "parking spot". More specifically, Philip is indicating that he had a difficult time finding a place to park his car during the demonstrations outside of the Shmike store.

A cool glass of beer on a hot day really hits the spot.

The idiom "(that beer) hits the spot" indicates a very satisfying moment or sensation. For example, someone might say "a glass of wine before dinner really hits the spot", which indicates that it feels great, or that it is very satisfying to drink a glass of wine before dinner. It is the right thing at the right moment. It does not indicate a location.

There was no time to think, so we had to make a decision on the spot.

The expression "(to do something) on the spot" has several meanings in English. It can express the sense of improvising, or doing something quickly without thinking or planning. For example: I had to make up a story on the spot to tell my girlfriend. It can also express being put "in a difficult situation" as in the sentence "The boss put me on the spot when he asked me how much money I expected to be paid." It does not indicate a location, however, which is how Philip is using the term "spot".

We looked for hours, and then we finally spotted him by a big tree.

As a verb, "to spot" means "to see" or "to identify" something or someone visually. For example: "I spotted a car in the distance coming towards us." It does not indicate a location, however, which is how Philip is using the term.

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