press (all) the right buttons

To do something very skillfully and in a way that produces the best or desired result. While the movie's plot is a bit thin, its charming 1980s aesthetic pushes all the right buttons. I must have hit the right buttons, because they've asked me back for a second interview.

press the right button

press the right buttons

If someone presses the right button or presses the right buttons, they skilfully do the things to have the effect they want. It is hard to know if you're pressing the right buttons because one reader's fantasy is another reader's yawn. Note: You can also say that someone presses all the right buttons. In what it describes as a well-judged performance, the newspaper says he pressed all the right buttons to please the representatives. Note: Verbs such as push and hit are sometimes used instead of press. In later talks with the chairman, he helped his cause by pushing all the right buttons.

词组	press (all) the right buttons
释义	press (all) the right buttons press (all) the right buttons To do something very skillfully and in a way that produces the best or desired result. While the movie's plot is a bit thin, its charming 1980s aesthetic pushes all the right buttons. I must have hit the right buttons, because they've asked me back for a second interview. See also: button, press, right Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. press the right button or press the right buttons If someone presses the right button or presses the right buttons, they skilfully do the things to have the effect they want. It is hard to know if you're pressing the right buttons because one reader's fantasy is another reader's yawn. Note: You can also say that someone presses all the right buttons. In what it describes as a well-judged performance, the newspaper says he pressed all the right buttons to please the representatives. Note: Verbs such as push and hit are sometimes used instead of press. In later talks with the chairman, he helped his cause by pushing all the right buttons. See also: button, press, right Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. See also: press the right button pressing lean, mean (something) machine box clever boxing be boxing clever under control lumber (someone) could sell an icebox to an Eskimo Eskimo
随便看	out of character out of circulation out of commission out of conceit with (something) out of condition out of consideration out of consideration for (someone or something) out of consideration of (something) out of context out of control out of countenance out of court out of courtesy out of courtesy (to one) out of curl out of date out of debt out of debt, out of danger out of depth out of doors out of earshot out of element out of fashion out of favor out of favor (with one)