What does raw nerve mean?

raw nerve

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.03 in modern English

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"When this last lover took off with all my power tools, I was outraged although I much wanted to act like it didn't matter, and I have embarrassed everyone around me by complaining about the phone bill, etc. I know that I am definitely not supposed to talk about this in any article, which is why I am doing it. These are the raw nerves under our mistrust of one another. […] When I try to fight about money with over class [i.e. higher-class] lovers I've already lost and I know it."

raw nerves (plural)

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