hit where you live

hit (one) where (one) lives

To affect one on a personal or intimate level. People by nature only care about an issue if it hits them where they live. The boss's comments at my evaluation really hit me where I live.
See also: hit, lives
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

hit where you live

strike at your vital point.
2002 New York Times The movies hit [teenagers] where they live—in their own state of desperation and doubt.
See also: hit, live
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See also:
  • hit (one) where (one) lives
  • hit one where one lives
  • get (one) where (one) lives
  • at (one's) discretion
  • at somebody's discretion
  • enable
  • enable (one) to (do something)
  • enable to do