Plants growing out of cracks in paving strike the right note up a cottage-garden path.从铺路石缝隙间长出的植物恰好营造出乡间农舍花园小径的感觉。The headmaster had failed to strike the right note in his speech on discipline and the pupils continued to behave in their own way.校长有关纪律的讲话并没奏效，小学生们还是我行我素。