get hold of the right end of the stick



get hold of the right end of the stick

To understand something well or correctly. Primarily heard in UK. I struggled with the reading at first, but now I think I've got hold of the right end of the stick.
See also: end, get, hold, of, right, stick

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
'Ali‘ah-LEE:Arabic
Fri&Eth;Rika-Icelandic
KeatonKEE-tənEnglish (Modern)
StephanieSTEF-ə-nee (English), SHTE-fah-nee (German)English, German
Salman-Arabic
Murron-Scottish