How do you say “Hit a home run” in French?
The closest natural French equivalent is une grande réussite, which literally means “a great success”. English speakers use hit a home run to mean to achieve a great success. A straightforward French way to praise the result. The sentence needs to be reshaped around the thing that succeeded. Register: neutral. Usage frequency: common.
Closest natural French
une grande réussite
/yn ɡʁɑ̃d ʁeysit/
- Literal meaning
- “a great success”
- Register
- neutral
- How often it's used
- common
- Equivalence
Near-exact equivalent
90 out of 100
What a native French speaker would actually say
“Ce cadeau est une grande réussite” praises the choice of gift. This is clear even for readers who do not know baseball.
French makes the gift or result the subject here. You do not need a word-for-word version of “hit” to express the same enthusiastic praise.
How close is the meaning?
- Meaning5 out of 5
- Tone4 out of 5
- Context5 out of 5
- Literal similarity1 out of 5
These ratings are editorial approximations, not measurements.
In context
English
You hit a home run with that birthday present for Dad.
French
Le cadeau d'anniversaire que tu as choisi pour papa est une grande réussite.
English
The bakery hit a home run with its new lemon cake.
French
Le nouveau gâteau au citron de la boulangerie est une grande réussite.
Related expressions
- What “Hit a home run” means in English
- Knock it out of the park, To do something exceptionally well
- A slam dunk, something expected to succeed easily
Last updated 2026-11-04