Meaning of close to home | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Affecting people close to, or within, one's family circle.
   idiomatic
2. Affecting one personally through deep familiarity.
   figuratively

Examples

“to hit close⟳ to home”

“[…] when you laugh⟳ about people who feel⟳ so very lonely / […] I wish⟳ I could laugh⟳ / but that joke isn't funny anymore / it's too close⟳ to home / and it's too near the bone”

“Watching another icon's anguished passing was evidently far too close⟳ to home for him to comfortably endure.”

“Smiling, Pichai said he never watched the popular show⟳ [Silicon Valley]. “Too close⟳ to home,” he remarked. “You watch⟳ TV to relax⟳.””

“Friends warned me against watching Baby Reindeer, the hit Netflix series about the comedian Richard Gadd and “Martha”, the character based on his alleged real-life stalker. It was too close⟳ to home, they said.”

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