(colloquial) hammer

(idiomatic) the nail that sticks out gets hammered down

a nail; a spike made of metal or hard material used to stick something

nail

he / distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that / boyfriend

distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that, yon / particularly, male personal third person pronoun: he / by extension from he: boyfriend

he; boyfriend

to hit, to beat, to strike / (baseball) to hit / (computing) to type / (shogi) to drop / to make noodles

to hit, to beat, to strike / to give a speech

adds emphasis to the verb, (e.g. 打(う)ち寄(よ)せる (uchiyoseru), 打(う)ち捨(す)てる (uchisuteru), 打(う)ち続(つづ)く (uchitsuzuku))