What is "cut to the quick"

vb. 1 (&lit cut quick English) 2 To hurt a person deeply, especially emotionally.

Cut to the Quick is an EP by Redgum.

It was originally released as a record and has never been re-released on CD. "Working Girls" was later released on Frontline, "Fabulon", "The Diamantina Drover", and "Where Ya Gonna Run To" were included on 1983's Caught in the Act. "Where Ya Gonna Run To" was also included on Brown Rice and Kerosine.

More recently, in 2004 "Fabulon" and "The Diamantina Drover" were included on the Redgum anthology Against the Grain.