Idioms
See raw in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarycatch/touch somebody on the raw
- (British English) to upset somebody by reminding them of something they are particularly sensitive about
hit/touch/strike a (raw/sensitive) nerve
- to mention a subject that makes somebody feel angry, upset, embarrassed, etc.
- You touched a raw nerve when you mentioned his first wife.
- My remarks about divorce had unwittingly touched a raw nerve.
- The article struck a raw nerve as it revived unpleasant memories.
in the raw
- in a way that does not hide the unpleasant aspects of something
- He spent a couple of months on the streets to experience life in the raw.
- (especially North American English) with no clothes on synonym naked
- He likes to walk around the house in the raw.
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