Meaning of close to the wind | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Near a limit of feasibility or compliance with law or morality.
   figuratively
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see close to, the, wind.

Examples

“I mean, I shouldn't be altogether flabbergasted if you were to tell me that there had been tax fiddles here, or even something a bit close to the wind where the play and the girls are concerned.”

“Coming on the heels of revelations about financial and property dealings a bit close to the wind in other sections of the Gaullist Party, the authority of the Prime Minister could not but be weakened”

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