The company and the union are engaged in a 'war of nerves', with each side threatening the other.
Something she said to him must have 'hit/struck/touched a nerve'. I've never seen him so angry.
“After making the mess, he didn't even offer to help clean it up.” “What (a) 'nerve'!”
(..) Mrs. Murphy. We don't have to do this. I need to know everything before I make a decision. Please continue. Consider the cochlear optic nerves have been critically damaged. He'll be blind in one eye. And most likely deaf. Frankly, Dr. Norton and the Omni foundation are the leaders in this field. (..)2014 RoboCop