hit too close to home
To occur too close for comfort; to happen dangerously or uncomfortably near.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
“That joke hit too close to home for me.”
“When the movie showed a family losing their house, it hit too close to home for my friend.”
“The politician avoided the question about corruption, sensing that the reporter's inquiry hit too close to home for his own comfort.”
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bring home
To earn (money).
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bring home the bacon
To have employment which provides remuneration to satisfy the basic needs of oneself and one's family.
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broken home
A home in which the parents have separated or divorced.
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charity begins at home
One should help the people closest to oneself before thinking of helping others.
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close enough for government work
Adequate; acceptable as government work, imperfect but not worth the time nor effort of improving.
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close in on
To enclose around; to tighten or shrink; to collapse.
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close on the heels of
Near in time or place; very close.
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close one eye
to look the other way, to deliberately ignore or overlook (a mistake or transgression).
Last updated August 10, 2026