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ARCHERY :
Archery
is a sport in which competitors shoot arrows with a bow at a target (target
archery) or shoot animals for game. (hunting) or for fish (fishing). A
target is something one shoots or aims at for scoring. 
IDIOM: bull's
eye
target shooting,archery, darts
MEANING 1:
the center of a target
SENTENCE 1: He scored a bull's eye with that shot.
MEANING 2:
to win the point, to get the business deal because you were particularly
effective, to say or do exactly the right thing.
SENTENCE 2: You scored a bull's eye with your speech. The club is going
to give five thousand dollars to the literacy project.
DERIVATION:
This expression derives from an old English sport, bullbaiting dogs try
to pull a bull by his nose to the ground. Gamblers would place a bet "on
the bull's eye" if he wished to make a bet. Crowns, an English coin, were
used to bet so frequently "on the bull's eye that the coin itself came
to be called a bull's-eye. Later, the term was applied to the black center
of a target. The idiom right on the money is also derived from the ancient
interchangeable use of a coin, bull's-eye and the center of a target.
A sentence in this case would be: " You were right on the money with your
speech."
IDIOM: target
(noun)
archery, shooting, fencing, skydiving & other sports using targets
MEANING 1:
A target is something one shoots or aims at for scoring.
SENTENCE 1: Please aim your arrow at the target .
MEANING 2:
a goal or objective
SENTENCE 2: The target for attendance at the meeting tomorrow is one hundred
per cent.
IDIOM: on
target (adjective)
MEANING 1:
to hit the target with a bow and arrow
SENTENCE 1: That arrow is on target.
MEANING
2: on schedule, precisely right
SENTENCE 2: Your estimate was on target.
IDIOM: target
(verb)
MEANING 1
: to shoot at a target
MEANING 2: to try to achieve an objective or goal
SENTENCE2:
Pleasetarget young parents for your next marketing effort.
IDIOM: wide
of the mark
MEANING 1
& 2: not on target or the bull'seye, to not achieve a
SENTENCE
1: I aimed my arrow at the bull'seye, but it went wide of the mark.
MEANING 2:
to not achieve a goal or objective, to do less than expected
SENTENCE
2: I was wide of the mark on that contract . I thought we would get the
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