too close for comfort

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Idioms and Phrases

Also, too close to home . Dangerously nearby or accurate, as in That last shot was too close for comfort , or Their attacks on the speaker hit too close to home, and he left in a huff .

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We were all largely confined to our homes, and here was a work that was to explore the worst of humanity during a crisis that made the game feel too close for comfort.

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"This particular situation was a bit too close for comfort really," she said.

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They were separated by dock officers but were, I imagined, still too close for comfort.

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It had all been a bit too close for comfort.

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That might sound like they’re nowhere near each other, but at the velocities these defunct objects move it’s starting to get a little too close for comfort.

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too big for one's britches too close to call

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