hit a nerve

释义

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

   触及要害；触动痛处

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

   You touched a raw nerve when you mentioned his first wife.你谈起他的第一任妻子，这就触到了他的痛处。

电影里这样说 · 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

在完整场景里学

• 丈夫、太太与情人1992
  • 饭前宣布两人要分开：grow apart（渐渐疏远）
  • 深夜夫妻翻婚姻旧账：to the best of my knowledge（就我所知）
  • 电话里逼问出同居：a different ball game（完全是另一回事）

同一词条的短语

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