too close for comfort
idiom
variants
or less commonly too near for comfort
: close enough to make a person feel nervous, worried, or upset
That bus came a little too close for comfort!
When we went out for drinks together, I realized we were getting too close for comfort.
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The Green Bay Packers beat the Arizona Cardinals 27-23 on the road last Sunday in a game that was too close for comfort.
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Anne Erickson, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025
Soegeng’s investigation, however, confronts him with the foundations of corruption – a truth too close for comfort.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
That means removing deer feeders and other attractants that draw wildlife too close for comfort.
—Mackensy Lunsford, Nashville Tennessean, 21 Oct. 2025
Unfortunately, that’s too close for comfort for me.
—Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2025
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Anne Erickson, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025
Soegeng’s investigation, however, confronts him with the foundations of corruption – a truth too close for comfort.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
That means removing deer feeders and other attractants that draw wildlife too close for comfort.
—Mackensy Lunsford, Nashville Tennessean, 21 Oct. 2025
Unfortunately, that’s too close for comfort for me.
—Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for too close for comfort
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“Too close for comfort.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/too%20close%20for%20comfort. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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