touch a sore point

"It can touch a sore point in their marriages.

That instantly enraged Scan, touching a sore point.

If that touches a sore point for you, then that is your problem, and if it does not, then good for you.

"Touched a sore point, Mr. Vale?"

He also contended, touching a sore point with Protestant listeners, that the British Government was considering canceling all Protestant Orange Order parades this summer.

Touching a Sore Point The dispute over how vigorously to prosecute the violations touches on a longstanding sore point about the weapons complex: the degree to which environmental crimes and errors, which have created damage that will cost billions of dollars to correct, result from decisions by top-level policy makers.