too close for comfort

phrase

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.

Examples of too close for comfort in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

According to flight tracking data from Flightradar24, the planes were only 1,800 feet away from one another and separated by 600 feet of altitude, much too close for comfort. — Irene Wright, USA Today, 3 Aug. 2026

How To Get Rid Of Wasps Wasps have an important place in the world as pollinators and predators of other pests, but sometimes their homes are too close for comfort. — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 29 July 2026

That is extremely high by modern standards, though Artemis II was likely a little too close for comfort, given Honeycutt’s comments. — Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 15 Apr. 2026

According to an arrest affidavit reviewed by Fox News Digital, Harper was headed to the back of the aircraft to use the restroom but ended up getting way too close for comfort with a fellow passenger, identified as Jimmie Lee Baker. — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 11 Mar. 2026

Rhymes for too close for comfort

• discomfort