Strike a Nerve

What it means

Say something that lands on exactly the thing somebody is sensitive about.

Where it comes from

It is a dentist's phrase before it is a psychologist's. The pulp inside a tooth is dense with nerve endings, and touching it produces a reaction nobody manages to suppress politely.

The puzzle it came from

Strike a Nerve was the answer to the Phrasicle of November 8, 2025. The clue read ____ a ____, and the words came out of a grid where every neighbouring pair makes a two-word phrase.

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