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  4. cut to the quick

cut to the quick

/kʌt tuː ðə kwɪk/◆成语
伤到痛处

His harsh words cut her to the quick.

他尖酸的话语伤到了她的痛处。


◆ 真正含义
通过言语或行为深深伤害某人的感情或自尊,让对方感到极度痛苦或尴尬。
¶ 字面意思
字面意思是切割到指甲下的敏感组织(活肉),比喻情感上的痛处。
字面拆解
cut切割+to the quick触及活肉(敏感部位)
◇ 意境
想象一把刀子切入指甲下的嫩肉,带来剧烈的疼痛。比喻言语或行为直接戳中对方内心最脆弱的部分,引发强烈的情感反应。
◈ 使用场景
在朋友聚会上,有人开玩笑地指出某人的失败经历,导致当事人脸色大变,一言不发地离开。此时可以说:'His joke cut her to the quick.'
◉ 文化注释
该短语源于16世纪的英语,'quick'一词在古英语中指活肉或敏感部位。在现代英语中,该短语已成为固定的比喻用法,广泛用于描述情感伤害。
非正式

深深地伤害某人的感情或自尊,让对方感到极度痛苦或尴尬。

The criticism cut her to the quick because it touched on her deepest insecurities.

那份批评触到了她的痛处,因为它戳中了她最深的不安全感。

His joke about her weight cut to the quick, and she left the room in tears.

他拿她的体重开玩笑,戳到了她的痛处,她含泪离开了房间。

常用于描述言语或行为对情感造成的严重伤害,强调对方的脆弱或敏感点。

搭配

cut someone to the quick伤到某人痛处be cut to the quick被深深伤害

同义词

hurt someone deeplywound someone's pridesting to the coretouch a raw nerve

反义词

comfortsoothepraise

相关短语

sting to the core成语
深深刺痛内心
touch a raw nerve成语
触及痛处
rub salt in the wound成语
雪上加霜

专业提示

避免误用场景

该短语通常用于情感或自尊受伤的场合,不适用于身体伤害。例如:'The knife cut to the quick'(刀子伤到了活肉)是字面意思,但该短语的常用意思是比喻性的情感伤害。

黄金法则

情感伤害的强烈表达

使用'cut to the quick'时,强调的是言语或行为对情感造成的深刻伤害,而非身体伤害。适用于批评、讽刺、揭短等场景。

词源

源于16世纪的英语短语,其中'quick'指的是指甲下的活肉(敏感部位),比喻情感上的脆弱或痛处。类似中文成语'触及痛处'或'揭人伤疤'。

用法说明

该短语通常用于描述言语或行为对情感造成的严重伤害,强调对方的脆弱或敏感点。使用时需注意语境,避免过度使用以免显得夸张。

单词拆解

cut
伤害
verb
+
to the quick
触及敏感或脆弱的部分
prepositional phrase
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