TermGallery
Anglès
Anglès
Espanyol
Català
Portuguès
Rus
Look up alternatives for...
CA
Interface language
English
Español
Català
Português
Русский
Meanings
Examples
We are using cookies
This website uses cookies in order to offer you the most relevant information. By browsing this website, you accept these cookies.
Accept and close
More about cookies
Did you know?
You can double click on a word to look it up on TermGallery.
Meanings of
strike a chord
in anglès
espanyol
tirar una cuerda
Back to the meaning
Evoke a reaction, response, or emotion.
touch a chord
espanyol
tirar una cuerda
Refer to or be relevant or familiar to.
hit home
strike home
strike a note
Synonyms
Examples for "
hit home
"
hit home
strike home
strike a note
Examples for "
hit home
"
1
Its operations have also come under pressure in its recession-
hit
home
market.
2
In recent times, the message is beginning to
hit
home
,
says Colgan.
3
This particular job was easy for them, and every bomb
hit
home
.
4
The issue really
hit
home
when his niece phoned him one day.
5
Perhaps the voice of a well- known liberal will finally
hit
home
.
1
He jumped back before the next flurry of attacks could
strike
home
.
2
Again the Brigadier's guns crashed, but the shells did not
strike
home
.
3
She spoke with intentional malice, but she scarcely expected to
strike
home
.
4
That seemed to
strike
home
,
and he didn't answer for a minute.
5
He thought he had heard the broadside
strike
home
even at this range.
1
McKean and Lynch barely get to
strike
a
note
in their earnest roles.
2
At such events, Rouhani can
strike
a
note
that sounds as hardline as anyone.
3
You've got to
strike
a
note
of your own.
4
The verses which I quoted above
strike
a
note
to which he recurs again and again.
5
But to begin our home there: we should have to
strike
a
note
of some sort.
Usage of
strike a chord
in anglès
1
We think it will
strike
a
chord
with many parents of young children.
2
And those tend to
strike
a
chord
,
not just parade merit.
3
I was hoping it might
strike
a
chord
of some kind.
4
However, their sentiments are likely to
strike
a
chord
with some UK-based Jewish groups.
5
The shadow chancellor's words will
strike
a
chord
with business, which is becoming incr
6
More than any other 20th- century writer, Samuel Beckett seems to
strike
a
chord
.
7
Do any of these situations
strike
a
chord
with you?
8
However, perhaps the perusal of those notes might just
strike
a
chord
with the reader.
9
Heather continued, I thought that might
strike
a
chord
.
10
But what you just said doesn't
strike
a
chord
.
11
It was higher, younger, and different enough to
strike
a
chord
of memory that bothered him.
12
The indie rock ode to arrested development may well
strike
a
chord
with Geek Dads everywhere.
13
So the Knuffle Bunny books really
strike
a
chord
with her (and with us).
14
IF the face in the photographs looks vaguely familiar, the name will certainly
strike
a
chord
.
15
It's a little hard to
strike
a
chord
of amity when everybody's busy covering their butt.
16
Certainly, Mr Noonan's scepticism will
strike
a
chord
with a public deeply disenchanted with banks and bankers.
Other examples for "strike a chord"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
This collocation consists of:
strike
a
chord
strike
Verb
Determiner
Noun
Translations for
strike a chord
espanyol
tirar una cuerda
meter el dedo en la llaga
Strike a chord
through the time
Strike a chord
across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Less common
United Kingdom
Rare