hit home
strike home
strike a chord
strike a note

For some reason that word struck a note with her.

This last, for some reason, struck a particular note of fear.

The second reason is perhaps more important, however, and strikes a very positive note.

But the Clinton campaign almost immediately began running a new commercial that struck a very different note.

It struck a nice note in a season that has had very few of them.

Blade was moved, but tried to strike a light note.

In a season of soft, easy clothes, he has struck a new note, and one not difficult to understand.

Adams struck a note that she had never heard before.

The phrase struck a note when I first heard it.

He struck a deep note on the rich organ of his voice.