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
Laurenelə-REENEnglish
AugustOW-guwst (German, Polish), AW-gəst (English)German, Polish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Catalan, English
Pearson['piəsn]
Doncho-Bulgarian, Macedonian
Layton['leitn]
Karen (2)-Armenian