10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CUT SOMEONE TO THE QUICK»
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cut someone to the quick in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
cut someone to the quick and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Oxford Dictionary of English Idioms
... idiom expresses the idea of ignoring any preliminaries and coming
immediately to the most important part. cut someone to the quick: see QUICK. cut
up rough behave in an aggressive, quarrelsome, or awkward way. British
informal 0 Cut up ...
2
The Wordsworth Dictionary of Idioms
... one's nose to spite one's face see nose. cut one's own throat see throat. cut
one's teeth on see teeth. cut (someone) to the quick see quick. cut up (si) very
upset: She was very fond of her godfather and was terribly cut up when he died.
cut up ...
Elizabeth McLaren Kirkpatrick, C. M. Schwarz, 1993
3
Chambers Universal Learners' Dictionary
2(usuwith rough: si) to become very angry and violent: He'll cut up rough when
he finds out what you've done. cut (someone) to the quick (formal) to hurt or
offend someone greatly: His unkind remarks cut me to the quick. have one's work
cut ...
... face see nose. cut one's own throat see throat. cut one's teeth on see teeth. cut
(someone) to the quick see quick. cut up (sl) very upset: She was very fond of her
godfather and was terribly cut up when he died. cut up rough see rough. not cut ...
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Loose Cannons, Red Herrings, and Other Lost Metaphors
The idea, I think, is that the story in question isn't, like many faked-up tales, a
patchwork of truth and falsehood; rather, its whole fabric is false. cut someone to
the quick. The "quick" here has nothing to do with speed but harks back to its
original ...
6
NTC's Super-Mini English Idioms Dictionary
I think her new managing director will cut her down to size. cut someone to the
quick to hurt someone's feelings very badly. (Can be used literally when quick
refers to the tender flesh at the base of finger- and toe-nails.) Your criticism cut
me to ...
Richard Spears, Betty Kirkpatrick, 2000
7
Oxford Dictionary of English
phrases be quick off the mark see MARK1. cut someone to the quick cause
someone deep distress by a hurtful remark or action. (as) quick as a flash see
FLASH1. quick and dirty informal, chiefly US makeshift; done or produced hastily:
a quick ...
8
Diccionario Español-inglés
... queia / insignificante quick1 ['kwik] adv : rapidamente quick2 adj I RAPID :
rapido 2 ALERT, CLEVER : listo, vivo, agudo 3 a quick temper : un genio vivo
quick3 n 1 FLESH : carne /"viva 2 to cut someone to the quick : herir a al- guien
en lo ...
Merriam-Webster, Inc, 1998
9
Sterling Dictionary of Idioms
QUICK cut someone to the quick hurt someone's feelings He cut her to the quick
at the party by ignoring her. QUID quids in in a position to profit from something
Having had good sales, he is now quids in. QUIET keep quiet about something ...
10
Oxford Dictionary of Word Origins
So to cut someone to the quick is to upset them very much by saying or doing
something hurtful. It was a simple step in the word's history to go from 'alive' to
senses such as 'lively' and 'vigorous' and, from the late 16th century, 'fast'.
