hit the white

To be correct; to be right on target. (The bull's-eye on a target was once white.) You sure hit the white with that answer—it was exactly what the panel was looking for.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Neta	-	Hebrew
Acreman	['eikəmən]
Baldwin	['bɔ:ldwin]
Eugenia	e-oo-KHE-nyah (Spanish), e-uw-GEN-yah (Polish), yoo-JEE-nee-ə (English), yoo-JEEN-yə (English)	Italian, Spanish, Romanian, Polish, English, Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Chamberlain	[tʃeimbəlin]
Gentry	['dʒentri]