The target is right in the dead center.
dead center
idiomThe exact center.
Origin
disputed originThe sense referring to a piston position was originally a variant of earlier dead-point. The adjective carries two of its senses at once in this construction: both "exact" and "without force imparted". As the piston passes through dead center, there is an instant when it is neither being pushed nor being pulled.
She placed the vase in the dead center of the table so it looked balanced.
The architect positioned the grand fountain in the dead center of the courtyard to create a sense of perfect symmetry.
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beat a dead horse
To persist or continue far beyond any purpose, interest or reason.
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brown bread
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center field
A central role in some activity that requires speed.
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come back from the dead
To experience a resurgence after one's productive years are assumed to have ended.
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dead 'n' buried
Contraction of dead and buried.
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An unintended interruption in a broadcast during which nothing is transmitted: a silent period on radio or a silent period with no picture on television.
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Of an issue, moot, passed, irrelevant, forgotten.
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