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nerve noun effrontery, audacity UK, 1893
idiomnervetouch/hit/strike a raw nerveto upset someone by mentioning a subject that upsets or embarrasses them:I know that in talking about suicide, I may have touched a raw nerve.The report on sexual harassment had obviously hit a very raw nerve and was criticized by women's groups across the country.
See:- (one's) nerves are shot
- a bag of nerves
- a bag/bundle of nerves
- a battle of nerves
- a bundle of nerves
- a lot of nerve
- a war of nerves
- be a bundle of nerves
- brass neck/nerve
- bundle of nerves
- get enough nerve up
- get enough nerve up (to do something)
- get on (one's) nerves
- get on nerves
- get on somebody's nerves
- get on someone's nerves
- get the nerve up (to do something)
- get up
- get up (one's) nerve (to do something)
- grate on (one's) nerves
- have a nerve
- have a/some nerve
- have nerves of steel
- have the nerve to (do something)
- have the nerve to do something
- hit a (raw) nerve
- hit/touch a nerve
- hold (one's) nerve
- I like (someone's) cheek
- I like (someone's) nerve
- I like your nerve, cheek, etc.
- live on (one's) nerves
- live on your nerves
- lose (one's) nerve
- lose one's nerve
- lot of nerve
- nerves of steel
- of all the
- of all the cheek, nerve, stupid things to do, etc.!
- Of all the nerve!
- on (one's) nerves
- on nerves
- some nerve
- steely-nerved
- strain every nerve
- strain every nerve/sinew
- take a lot of nerve
- take a lot of nerve (to do something)
- take some nerve (to do something)
- the nerve of (someone)!
- touch a (raw) nerve
- touch a nerve
- war of nerves
- war of nerves, a
- What a nerve!
- What nerve!
- you've got a lot of nerve
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