Also "cut to the quick" = "cut to the level of living tissue": https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/to_the_quick#English https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/to_the_quick#E

Also "cut to the quick" = "cut to the level of living tissue": https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/to_the_quick#English https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/to_the_quick#English