C-24：cut somebody to the quick触及某人的痛处
A:He looked very depressed. Do you know the reason?
A:他看上去很失落，你知道原因吗？
B:I don't know very clearly. It seemed that he quarrelled with Mary violently yesterday.
B：不是很清楚，好像是昨天和玛莉大吵了一架。
A:Oh, but this morning, I saw Mary but she didn't show any signs.
A:噢，可今天一早，我看见了玛丽，她并没有什么迹象呀。
B:Yeah, you know that was nobody but she said some cruel words, which cut him to the quick.
B：那是，你看，是她而不是别人恶语大伤了他的感情。
A:I see.
A:明白了。
