strike a nerve(The column clearly struck a nerve with Russia's air defense experts. Indeed, former chief of staff of Russia's air defense forces, Col. Gen. Igor Maltsev, told Gazeta.ru that stealth technology was "paper fiction."artery)
touch a nerve(She suddenly looked distressed and I knew I'd touched a raw nerve. • Eileen's innocent remark to Mike seemed to have touched a nerve. • Forgive me if I touched a nerve. – Простите, если задела вас за живое.)
