cut to the quick

But he was cut to the quick by the official discharge.

These are brave films that cut to the quick of alcoholism’s cost.

When therapists talk to adult clients and conduct surveys, they find that kids hold onto "things like that, that cut to the quick," ruminating over them well into their adolescent and adult years.

Her words cut to the quick of Maud’s beliefs, the constructions and delusions of a troubled and very lonely young woman.

The look Jupiter gives Courtney is so disdainful, I feel cut to the quick.