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Meanings of drive a nail in English

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Usage of drive a nail in English
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Snuff a candle at fifty yards, or drive a nail at forty.
The Way of a Man
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When I drive a nail into a plank, it stays driven.
God’s Little Acre
3
But how drive a nail into such a hole as that?
Warlock o' Glenwarlock: A Homely Romance
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It is so hard, that it is difficult to drive a nail into it.
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of Amer...
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The list keeps changing -it's like trying to drive a nail with an eel.
The Irish Times
6
You could drive a nail into his brain.
The Storyteller
7
You might as well drive a nail by pushing it in with the palm of your hand.
Paul Faber, Surgeon
8
Tell Jervis I am sorry he is not with us to drive a nail for the camp.
Dear Enemy
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We'll try the next thing-whichis, to drive a nail in his hind heel.-Nowlook here, Joan!
Warlock o' Glenwarlock: A Homely Romance
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If it is to an old building, drive a nail into the side, roof or peak of this.
The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming.
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Some one came to him last night and seemed to drive a nail right into his thinking-pinnedhim.
Red Fleece
12
But in Kashncari they say you should cut off their toes and drive a nail through their neck.'
The folklore of discworld
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But there was no place in the new kitchen to hang the swab; no place to drive a nail.
The new yorker
14
After several days, she finally found that she could drive a nail into the frame of the window screen.
The new yorker
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He couldn't drive a nail in the wall to hang a picture or patch a hole in the plaster.
The Sky Is Falling
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I'm going to haul out a load of lumber, but I never expect to drive a nail in it.
One of Ours
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