図ず星ぼしを指さす

expression, godan verb (-su)

hit the nail on the head; guess exactly right

Used when someone's remark or guess is precisely correct, often in a sensitive or hidden matter. The phrase literally means 'to point at the bull's-eye'.

• 彼かれの指し摘てきは図ず星ぼしを指さしていたので、何なにも言いい返かえせなかった。

  His remark hit the nail on the head, so I couldn't say anything back.

• 「もしかして、昨日きのうのことを怒おこってる？」「図ず星ぼしを指さされてドキッとした。」

  "Are you maybe upset about yesterday?" "He hit the nail on the head and it startled me."