smack in the middle
Exactly in between
Smack in the middle means exactly in the center, with emphasis on precision: The dart landed smack in the middle of the bullseye.
Smack here acts as an intensifier suggesting directness or impact, as if something hit its target squarely.
The phrase works for physical location or figurative positioning: We arrived smack in the middle of their argument.
- midpointExact center between two
- centerMiddle of anything
- bullseyeExact center target
- sweet spotOptimal point or area
- center stagePosition of maximum attention
front and center · crux · nucleus · core · eye of the storm · high noon · hub · juncture · heart · belly of the beast · focal point · ground zero · balance point · fulcrum · axis · golden mean · turning point · equator