cut to the quick

derinden incitmek, yüreğini yaralamak

Sözleri veya davranışlarıyla birinin duygularını çok derinden incitmek.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To hurt someone very deeply through your words or actions.

• Her words cut me to the quick.
• His rejection had cut her to the quick.
• She felt cut to the quick by that accusation.

Nasıl kullanılır: cut someone to the quick (Her cold reply cut him to the quick.); be cut to the quick (He was cut to the quick by their laughter.)

Eş anlamlılar: wound, hurt deeply

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: cut to the quick, cut someone to the quick

işin hassas özüne inmek

Bir konunun merkezindeki acı veren veya zor meseleyi doğrudan ele almak.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To discuss the painful or difficult issue at the heart of a subject directly.

• His question cut to the quick.
• The essay cuts to the quick of the debate.
• By mentioning trust, she cut to the quick of their problem.

Nasıl kullanılır: cut to the quick of something (Her question cut to the quick of our disagreement.)

Eş anlamlılar: get to the heart of, go to the root of

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: cut to the quick, cut to the quick of something

canlı dokuya kadar kesmek

Tırnak veya başka bir sert tabakanın altındaki hassas, canlı eti kesecek kadar derin kesmek.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To cut into the sensitive living flesh under a nail or other hard outer layer.

• I cut my nail to the quick.
• The dog yelped when its claw was cut to the quick.
• Take care not to cut those claws to the quick.

Nasıl kullanılır: cut something to the quick (He accidentally cut the nail to the quick.)

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: cut to the quick, claws cut to the quick