to strike a chord
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4.4
- idiom
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resonar (con)
- When she shared her personal story, it struck a chord with everyone in the audience.
That also strikes a chord of universal truth.
- That also strikes a chord of universal truth.
- It's, it's just to see which one of these points strikes a chord the most with people.
- Why do you feel like Glasset struck a chord and was able to kind of cut through that noise?
- Certain stories have have struck A chord and stuck, and maybe there's value in those stories.
- Now there is so much wrong with this article and it really struck a chord with a lot of people.
- And so the best thing you could do is change up your your content and try things that are different to see if you strike a chord in a different way.
- So one thing that Malice said, which really, really struck A chord with me is people thought that Trump was the river when in fact he was the dam.
- And I, and I think that the reason it it struck A chord, it's not because it's such a brilliant show or, you know, it's it's not art.
- Dude, that strikes a chord with something I've been thinking about for a long time called Living with the Edge.
Examples
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Her speech about bullying struck a chord with many students who had experienced similar issues.
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The documentary about climate change really strikes a chord with viewers who care about the environment.
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Does it strike a chord?
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Now there is so much wrong with this article and it really struck a chord with a lot of people.
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Yeah, that struck a chord with you, right?
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For what it's worth, what you wrote here struck a chord with me as well.
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It's, it's just to see which one of these points strikes a chord the most with people.
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Rachel, is there anything in there that strikes a chord for you?
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I'm so happy to hear that my work strikes a chord with you.
Blog text (30) -
Some books will always be capable of striking a chord with a higher percentage of readers.
Blog text (20)
Synonyms
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6.0
To make someone feel something strongly and remember it for a long time
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5.9
Make someone feel a strong, shared emotion or understanding
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4.8
To bring a memory, image, or feeling to mind
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5.5
To make someone suddenly understand how serious something is
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6.7
Have a strong effect that makes someone suddenly understand
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5.8
To make a person feel a strong emotion
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6.4
To make someone feel a strong personal connection
To strongly attract or excite someone
Make someone feel or act in the way you want
Antonyms
How Moving
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase uses a musical image—'strike' (produce or hit) + 'chord' (a harmonious set of notes)—to metaphorically describe producing an emotional resonance. Because understanding the idiomatic meaning requires mapping the musical literal image to an emotional reaction, a B1 learner who only knows the constituent words may guess something related to music but not reliably derive 'evoke an emotion or recognition.' Cross-linguistic parallels (e.g. French 'toucher une corde sensible') make the metaphor somewhat recognizable, so the expression is partially but not fully transparent.
Etymology
Strike a chord comes from music: when you strike a string or chord on an instrument, it makes a sound that people feel or remember. So, 'strike a chord' now means 'to make someone feel an emotion' or 'to seem familiar'.