заденут по-настоящему

English translation: strike/hit/touch a (raw) nerve

17:42 Jul 17, 2018
Russian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
Russian term or phrase: заденут по-настоящему
В обиду себя никому не давала: молчит-молчит, но если заденут по-настоящему, — встанет лицом к лицу, упрет руки в бока, глаза прищурит и выскажется крепко.
Andrew Vdovin
Local time: 13:55
English translation:strike/hit/touch a (raw) nerve
Explanation:
touch/hit a (raw) nerve | meaning of touch/hit a (raw) nerve in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English | LDOCE
https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/touch-hit-a-raw-nerve


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Note added at 10 hrs (2018-07-18 04:04:38 GMT)
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но если заденут по-настоящему
->
but if someone struck/hit a (raw) nerve
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Lazyt3ch
Local time: 11:55
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Thank you very much for your help Rashid! Thanks everybody!!!
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1touch her on the raw
Vladyslav Golovaty
3 +1if somebody rubbed her the wrong way
Tatiana Grehan
3 +1hit where it hurts
Yana Bystrytskaya
3 +1strike/hit/touch a (raw) nerve
Lazyt3ch
4if the line is crossed
El oso


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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
if somebody rubbed her the wrong way


Explanation:
IMHO

Tatiana Grehan
United States
Local time: 02:55
Native speaker of: Russian
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Lazyt3ch
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
touch her on the raw


Explanation:
if they touch her on the raw
https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/touch someone on the ra...

Vladyslav Golovaty
Ukraine
Local time: 09:55
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Lazyt3ch: Если не ошибаюсь, это британский английский.
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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
hit where it hurts


Explanation:
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/hit-s...

Yana Bystrytskaya
United States
Local time: 23:55
Native speaker of: Russian

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agree  Lazyt3ch
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
strike/hit/touch a (raw) nerve


Explanation:
touch/hit a (raw) nerve | meaning of touch/hit a (raw) nerve in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English | LDOCE
https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/touch-hit-a-raw-nerve


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Note added at 10 hrs (2018-07-18 04:04:38 GMT)
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но если заденут по-настоящему
->
but if someone struck/hit a (raw) nerve


Lazyt3ch
Local time: 11:55
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
Thank you very much for your help Rashid! Thanks everybody!!!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Yana Bystrytskaya
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13 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
if the line is crossed


Explanation:
..at times she could be pretty thick skinned, but if she felt the line was being crossed (or had been crossed), then she would.. [and tell the bully in no uncertain terms where he/she could get off] :)

El oso
Russian Federation
PRO pts in category: 35
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