痛いところを突く 1の英語

• 1. hit (on) a sensitive point
  2. hit a sensitive nerve
  3. hit a sore spot
  4. hit close to home
  5. hit someone where it hurts
  6. strike someone's weak point
  7. touch a (very) sore point
  8. touch a sore spot
  9. touch at a sore spot +もっと...痛いところを突く 2
  hit a nerve (with)〔「痛みの感覚を与える」というニュアンスが強い表現〕〔～の〕 痛いところを突く 3
  1. catch someone on the raw
  2. cut [sting, wound] someone deep [to the quick]〔【語源】deep と to the quick を置き換え可能。the quick とは、体の中で最も痛みを感じやすいところ、つまり「急所」のこと〕
  3. have someone on a hook
  4. strike someone at his most vulnerable point
  5. touch someone on the raw
  6. touch someone to the quick〔【参考】cut someone to the quick〕〔人の〕