I looked up the phrase "hit home" in the Oxford, Cambridge dictionary, and Webster online dictionaries but I didn't find anything that can help me to understand what this phrase "hit home" means in this context. Could you please help me?
This is a LONG answer — the question hits home on a classic example of the English language’s tendency for exceptions. It causes lots of confusion even for native speakers.
Here is the link to Quora where this phrase comes from
Also, What does the writer mean by e "a classic example of the English language’s tendency for exceptions"?