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I hit a nerve when they started using curse words in the argument. Does this sound natural?
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@ChronicProcrastinato:
for me it's fine I don't know if someone else has another option, but you can also use the Idiom this way "I hit/ touched a (raw) nerve, when (curse words/ swear words) were starting to come out, while they were arguing about the subject of..."
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- English (UK) Near fluent
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@ChronicProcrastinato:
for me it's fine I don't know if someone else has another option, but you can also use the Idiom this way "I hit/ touched a (raw) nerve, when (curse words/ swear words) were starting to come out, while they were arguing about the subject of..."
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