hit where you live
hit (one) where (one) lives
To affect one on a personal or intimate level. People by nature only care about an issue if it hits them where they live. The boss's comments at my evaluation really hit me where I live.
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hit where you live
strike at your vital point. 2002 New York Times The movies hit [teenagers] where they live—in their own state of desperation and doubt.
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