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单词 touch (or hit) a nerve (or a raw nerve)
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touch (or hit) a nerve (or a raw nerve)

Provoke a reaction by referring to a sensitive topic.You've touched a nerve with this topic and it smarts....
  • When discussions about ‘vision’ spiral out from the rarefied policy circles of Washington into the editorial pages of mainstream newspapers, you know that topic has hit a nerve.
  • Boutin's comments touched a nerve that was already close to the surface, and my observations are directed towards a greater cultural issue.
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