英语词组cut someone to the quick是什么意思，短语翻译、用法及例句-英语词组固定搭配大全

Idiom

cut someone to the quick

Theme: HARM

to hurt someone's feelings very badly. (Refers to the tender flesh at the base of fingernails and toenails.)

Your criticism cut me to the quick.Tom's sharp words to Mary cut her to the quick.

Idiom

cut someone to the quickcut (someone) to the quick

old-fashioned to upset someone by criticizing them.

I was cut to the quick by her harsh remarks.

(usually passive)

cut (one) to the quick

1. To slice a part of the body very deeply. Be careful—one slip of that knife and you'll cut yourself to the quick.

2. To strike the deepest, most fragile part of one. Typically used to describe emotional wounds. I can't even look at her right now—that hurtful remark cut me right to the quick.

cut someone to the quick

If something cuts you to the quick, it makes you very upset. The cruelty of their words cut me to the quick. That tone of hers always cut him to the quick. Note: The quick is the very sensitive flesh under the fingernails or toenails.

cut someone to the quick

cause someone deep distress by a hurtful remark or action.

Quick means an area of flesh that is well supplied with nerves and therefore very sensitive to touch or injury.

词组	cut someone to the quick
释义	Idiom cut someone to the quick Theme: HARM to hurt someone's feelings very badly. (Refers to the tender flesh at the base of fingernails and toenails.) Your criticism cut me to the quick.Tom's sharp words to Mary cut her to the quick. Idiom cut someone to the quickcut (someone) to the quick old-fashioned to upset someone by criticizing them. I was cut to the quick by her harsh remarks. (usually passive) cut (one) to the quick 1. To slice a part of the body very deeply. Be careful—one slip of that knife and you'll cut yourself to the quick. 2. To strike the deepest, most fragile part of one. Typically used to describe emotional wounds. I can't even look at her right now—that hurtful remark cut me right to the quick. cut someone to the quick If something cuts you to the quick, it makes you very upset. The cruelty of their words cut me to the quick. That tone of hers always cut him to the quick. Note: The quick is the very sensitive flesh under the fingernails or toenails. cut someone to the quick cause someone deep distress by a hurtful remark or action. Quick means an area of flesh that is well supplied with nerves and therefore very sensitive to touch or injury.
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