Examples of 'cut to the quick' in a sentence
Meaning of "cut to the quick"
cut to the quick ~ This phrase is used to indicate that someone's feelings or emotions have been deeply hurt or wounded by a particular action, comment, or situation. It implies that the individual's core or innermost feelings have been significantly impacted or harmed
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- To hurt a person deeply, especially emotionally.
- To incisively discuss the underlying sensitive or unpleasant root of a given topic.
How to use "cut to the quick" in a sentence
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cut to the quick
Let us cut to the quick here.
Tony felt like he'd been cut to the quick.
I am cut to the quick that you would mock me.
I have been cut to the quick.
Christians there are about 7 percent of the population and have been cut to the quick.
I was cut to the quick by her remark.
If I did not love ya like me own, I would be cut to the quick.
So i am gonna cut to the quick here.
You are a physician indeed, or a surgeon rather, for you cut to the quick.
His words cut to the quick.
I have always found that honest people, right or wrong, like to cut to the quick.
I will cut to the quick.
Easy to shave with - hey, I will cut to the quick.
Tears cut to the quick.
Ah, a true reduction for the rich, and a cut to the quick for the poor.
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I am cut to the quick.
Obviously, he did not cut to the quick.
He was cut to the quick by the loss of his wife, Inge.
No wonder he fell at His feet, cut to the quick by his own unbelief.
Let's cut to the quick of my first post.
Turkleton, let me cut to the quick.
So i'm gonna cut to the quick here. look, i got to piss like a mule.
So, J Poppa, instead of asking questions, let me just cut to the quick.
It can cut to the quick.
Look, I got to piss like a mule, so I am gonna cut to the quick here.
God's Word does cut to the quick of our hearts.
Why not go with someone who 's pre-vetted, shares the same values? Cut to the quick.
He had written memoirs that cut to the quick of each and every Wellington.
Let us cut to the quick here, Sue.
Ooo, bimbo… consider me cut to the quick.
Oh! I am cut to the quick.
Young-Stone's words cut to the quick.
Just-just cut to the quick.
My goodness, I'm cut to the quick.
To the bone,, cut to the quick.
