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

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

Navarro and myself are a little too close for comfort, the wife did send me a text message. — Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 11 Mar. 2026

Opening-half turnovers made the Missouri Tigers’ SEC road showdown against South Carolina a little too close for comfort, at least for a while, on Saturday afternoon at Colonial Life Arena. — The Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 7 Feb. 2026

Rhymes for too close for comfort

• discomfort