get (one) where (one) lives

get (one) where (one) lives

To affect one on a personal or intimate level. People by nature only care about an issue if it gets them where they live. The boss's comments at my evaluation really got me where I live.
See also: get, lives
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • hit (one) where (one) lives
  • hit one where one lives
  • hit where you live
  • at (one's) discretion
  • at somebody's discretion
  • enable
  • enable (one) to (do something)
  • enable to do