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hit the nail on the head; touch one to the quick; sting one to the quick; touch a tender cord (in someone – кого-либо Anglophile) | |||
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touch a nerve (Val_Ships); hit close to home (Her comment hit close to home. Val_Ships) | |||
sting to the quick; touch to the quick; wound to the quick; cut to the quick |