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too close for comfort

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too close for comfort
Cliché [for a misfortune or a threat] to be dangerously close. That car nearly hit me! That was too close for comfort. When I was in the hospital, I nearly died from pneumonia. Believe me, that was too close for comfort.
See also: close, comfort

too close for comfort
worrying because of a possible direct effect on you When people start saying our local elections are corrupt, that's a little too close for comfort.
Related vocabulary: close to home
See also: close, comfort


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But as it edged nearer, the 40-year-old American had to leg it when the female got too close for comfort.
On the Lions' close win over the Cheetahs Too close for comfort this one.
It was a huge relief to know we are safe because although we were always confident of avoiding the bottom two places it was getting a bit too close for comfort - and you never know
 
 
 
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