| 单词 | cut to the quick |
| 释义 | cut to the quickcut to the quick 1 literaryUPSET to upset someone very much by saying something cruel 对某人伤害极深 His mockery frightened her and cut her to the bone. 他的嘲笑让她害怕，对她伤害极深。 Examples from the Corpus cut somebody to the quick/bone• Anything would have been better than this ice-cold contempt that cut her to the bone.• His mockery, which he meant as love, frightened and cut her to the bone.• It had a lethal edge now which cut her to the bone.• Son, you really cut down to the quick.• That's probably why she sent him - she knew it would cut him to the quick.• The answer cut him to the quick.• These icy cold droplets seemed to cut through to the bone as if to punish him for the way he was. → cut somebody to the quick/bone at cut1(12) 2 UPSETif a remark or criticism cuts you to the quick, it makes you feel extremely upset 〔言语或批评〕刺痛某人，深深伤害某人 She was cut to the quick by the accusation. 这样的指控使她深受伤害。 → cut/sting/pierce somebody to the quick at quick4(2) |
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