catch on the raw

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   to upset sb by reminding them of sth they are particularly sensitive about

   Touched him on the raw, all right.

In the movies · 1

• Touched him on the raw, all right.The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp1943

Learn it in full scenes

• The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp1943
  • War Starts at Midnight
  • The Home Guard Exercise Turns Real
  • General Wynne-Candy Is Taken Prisoner

From the same entry

• a raw deal
• in the raw
• hit a nerve