cut to Idiom, Proverb

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cut to the chase

tell the exciting part, get to the point George, please, cut to the chase. We're tired of the story already.

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Cut to the quick

If someone's cut to the quick by something, they are very hurt and upset indeed.

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cut to pieces|cut|piece|pieces

v. phr. 1. To divide into small parts with something sharp; cut badly or completely. Baby has cut the newspaper to pieces with scissors. 2. To destroy or defeat completely. The soldiers were cut to pieces by the Indians. When Dick showed his book report to his big sister for correction, she cut it to pieces.

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cut to the bone|bone|cut

v. phr. To make (something) the least or smallest possible amount; reduce severely; leave out everything extra or unnecessary from. Father cut Jane's allowance to the bone for disobeying him. When father lost his job, our living expenses had to be cut to the bone.

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cut to the quick|cut|quick

v. phr. To hurt someone's feelings deeply. The children 's teasing cut Mary to the quick.

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cut to the bone

cut to the bone
Severely reduced, as in During the Depression Grandmother's housekeeping money was cut to the bone. The phrase to the bone, literally meaning “through the flesh to the inmost part or core,” dates from about 1400. This expression in effect means that everything extraneous has been cut away so that only bone remains.

cut (someone or something) to (someone or something)

To allotment or chop article into a accurate accompaniment (such as "shreds" or "bits"). Sharks cut their casualty to shreds with their acid teeth.Learn more: cut

cut to (someone or something)

1. To apace attenuate one's or an argument. As in the aboriginal usage, "to" is about followed by a accurate state, such as "shreds" or "bits." If you accomplish this argument, an accomplished advocate will cut you to shreds. You bigger acquisition addition bend for your altercation because an accomplished advocate will cut this one to bits.2. In film, TV, or video editing, to abruptly arrest a arrangement in adjustment to appearance article else. In this usage, "cut to" is a set phrase. I was watching the football bold back they cut to breaking account about the wildfire.Learn more: cut

cut someone or something to something

 
1. Lit. to chop or allotment up addition or something, abnormally to $.25 or pieces. The chef cut the carrots to bite-size pieces. The backyard mower will cut you to $.25 if you get beneath it.
2. Fig. to abort an argument; to abort someone's argument. The advocate heard her altercation and cut her to bits. She cut the altercation to pieces.Learn more: cut

cut to someone or something

to about-face the radio, movie, or television audience's absorption abruptly to addition or article new. Suddenly, the architect cut to the announcer. The abstruse administrator cut to a alien assemblage that was accoutrement an accident. The camera cut to scenes of Atlanta burning.Learn more: cut

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