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touch to the quick

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by A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates

[touch to the quick] {v. phr.}

To hurt someone's feelings very deeply; offend.

* /His remark about her lack of education touched her to the quick./

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	hurt ⁵¹ {v. phr.} ²¹⁸³

Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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