hit a nerve

釋義

1. hit / touch a (raw / sensitive) nerve

   觸及要害；觸動痛處

   to mention a subject that makes sb feel angry, upset, embarrassed, etc.

   You touched a raw nerve when you mentioned his first wife.你談起他的第一任妻子，這就觸到了他的痛處。

電影裡這樣說 · 2 部

• I'm sorry, she just hit a nerve.The Butterfly Effect2004
• Okay. I must have hit a nerve with you.Husbands and Wives1992

在完整場景裡學

• 丈夫、太太與情人1992
  • 飯前宣佈兩人要分開：grow apart（漸漸疏遠）
  • 深夜夫妻翻婚姻舊賬：to the best of my knowledge（就我所知）
  • 電話裡逼問出同居：a different ball game（完全是另一回事）

同一詞條的短語

• be a bag of nerves
• get on nerves
• have nerves of steel
• brass neck
• strain every nerve
• a war of nerves