VOCABULARY - IDIOMS

Close to home

Meaning:

If something is close to home, it affects you personally.

Examples:

  • It's got to be someone close to home.
  • My guess is this scene here hit a little too close to home.
  • How do we start conversations in our own group, close to home?
  • That was a little too close to home.
  • It happened on 17 September, close to home, in Europe.
  • He also wanted to tell us about something close to home.
  • I think our questions hit too close to home.
  • The doctor said he had to stay close to home.
  • I think our questions hit too close to home.
  • I, however, have a problem very close to home.