Cut someone to the quick

8    If something cuts you to the quick, it makes you feel very upset.  
LITERARY  
♦ cut sb to the quick      phrase   V inflects  
I once heard her weeping in her bedroom, which cut me to the quick.     

9   
  →   quick as a flash  
  →   flash  
  →   quick off the mark  
  →   mark  
  →   quick on the uptake  
  →   uptake  

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