touch a sore spot

Example Sentences

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No one wishes to employ anyone who is so sensitive that he is obliged to be on his guard every moment lest he wound him or touch a sore spot.

From Pushing to the Front by Marden, Orison Swett

The lieutenant frowned, "I tell you, sir, better not touch a sore spot."

From With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk

He felt he might touch a sore spot in mentioning the Germans.

From A Yankee Flier in Italy by Montgomery, Rutherford George