strike home

to be understood completely and have a strong effect hit home Her tearful expression made it clear that his nasty remarks had struck home.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Olexiy	-	Ukrainian
Diocletianus	-	Ancient Roman
Philomel	FIL-ə-mel (English)	Literature
Hannele	HAHN-ne-le	Finnish
Cionaodh	KIN-eech	Irish
Kristine	kris-TEEN (English), kris-TEE-nə (German)	Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, English, German