close to home | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)Affecting people close to, or within, one's family circle.; (figurative)Affecting one personally through deepfamiliarity.to hitclose to home1985,Johnny Marr,Morrissey, “That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore”, inMeat is Murder, performed byThe Smiths:[…]when you laugh about people who feel so very lonely /[…]I wish I could laugh / but that joke isn't funny anymore / it's tooclose to home/ and it's too near the bone2006April 15, Nick Kent, “What a drag”, inThe Guardian‎[1],→ISSN:Watching another icon's anguished passing was evidently far tooclose to homefor him to comfortably endure.2022September 7, Jennifer Elias, quoting Sundar Pichai, “Google CEO says he hopes to make company 20% more efficient, hints at potential cuts”, inCNBC‎[2]:Smiling, Pichai said he never watched the popular show [Silicon Valley]. “Tooclose to home,” he remarked. “You watch TV to relax.”2024May 14, Paul Burston, “Should Baby Reindeer’s creator have written about his alleged stalker? I did the same thing – and it helped me heal”, inThe Guardian‎[3],→ISSN: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 tooclose to home, they said.

Examples:

EN: No. We're too close to home.
ES: No, ya estamos en casa.
EN: Getting pretty close to home.
ES: Acercándonos a casa.
EN: Hey, Ain't it pretty risky pulling this so close to home?
ES: ¿No es un poco arriesgado hacerlo tan cerca de casa?
EN: This is close to home.
ES: Esto es como mi hogar.
EN: Here I am close to home... and in addition... I do not want people to see me with an extra or.
ES: Aquí estoy cerca de casa... y además no quisiera que la gente me viera con un extraño.
EN: Here I've been, solving other people's murders all my life... and now that I have one so close to home, why, it's just wonderful.
ES: Toda mi vida estuve resolviendo los asesinatos de otra gente... y ahora que tengo uno tan cerca de casa, pues... es maravilloso.
EN: The next job you take, young lady, better be close to home.
ES: Si acepta un trabajo, espero que sea más cerca de casa.
EN: I figure I'll hunt myself another assignment if I pull this off, one that's not so close to home.
ES: Luego encontraré otra tarea si logro acabar bien esta, más lejos de casa.
EN: Barney, afternoon and no we are close to home.
ES: Barney, es muy tarde y no estamos cerca de casa. - Sí, por ahí hay un atajo.
EN: Right there, take it close to home.
ES: Srta. Lil...
EN: He's getting close to home.
ES: No están lejos de aquí.
EN: Besides, it's close to home and that's not hard to take.
ES: Además está cerca de casa y eso es bueno.
EN: He won't find me as long as I stick close to home, and I'll stick close to home as long as I don't get lonesome.
ES: Y yo estaré cerca de casa mientras no me sienta solita.
ES: Y yo estaré cerca de casa mientras no me sienta solita.
EN: I'm really getting close to home baby.
ES: Estamos muy cerca del objetivo, cariño. Eso espero.
EN: There's an old ditty that's disturbingly close to home.
ES: Hay un poema sobre ello.

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