strike a chord with(также in the heart of sb. / in sb.'s heart: “It’s disturbing to see anything like this,” an outraged West told CityNews. West, who has two young children, says this has really struck a chord with him.citynews.caART Vancouver)
cut to the quick(To cut someone to the quick means to deeply wound or distress them.: You see, I had decided – rightly or wrongly – to grow a moustache, and this had cut Jeeves to the quick. He couldn't stick the thing at any price, and I had been living ever since in an atmosphere of bally disapproval till I was getting jolly well fed up with it. (P.G. Wodehouse)ART Vancouver)