cuts to the quick

really hurts / touches

her tone always cuts to the quick

by Daisy Stockwell June 06, 2007

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.

by Walking Colloquialism April 02, 2004

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.

by crayola March 30, 2004

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!

by anal n gus August 31, 2008

cuts me to the quick

really hurts me / touches me

that tone of hers always cuts me to the quick

by Daisy Stockwell June 06, 2007