cut to the quick

to hurt deeply, usually in an emotional way. References the quick of a fingernail or claw and the pain that results when the nail is cut back too far and usually bleeds

Susie Mae's stealin' my boyfriend/brother just plain cut to the quick.

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cut to the quick

skip the fluff, tell whats important.

Georgie: bla bla bla bla bla
Reese: Cut to the quick Georgie, i havent got all day.

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cuts to the quick

really hurts / touches

her tone always cuts to the quick

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Cut to the quick

Fuckin' in the butt.

Man you really cut to the quick, my ass hurts like the dickens, just like that time Mac Brown cut me to the quick!

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cuts me to the quick

really hurts me / touches me

that tone of hers always cuts me to the quick