touch a chord (with someone)
touch a chord (with someone)
To elicit or trigger a strong emotional response to something; to be very poignant. Thank you for speaking, your words really touched a chord with me. The film still touches a chord with younger audiences, even after all these years. In my opinion, nothing touches a chord quite the same way music does.
See also: chord, touch
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
strike/touch a ˈchord (with somebody)
say or do something which speaks directly to somebody’s emotions or memories: His war poetry struck a chord with people who remembered that period.See also: chord, strike, touch
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