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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In 1957, Yellowstone tourists often got a little too close for comfort—like this driver, who leans out the window to snap a photo of a mother bear and her cubs.
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Christine Peterson, Wired News, 5 July 2025
Thankfully, neither of those things happened to me or anybody in my group, but a couple of times were too close for comfort.
—Brent Rose, Outside Online, 24 July 2025
Outside the margin of error, though still just a little too close for comfort for anxious Democrats.
—Carlo Versano, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 June 2025
Cruzeiro dropped points in a 0-0 draw away to Corinthians and now has Flamengo too close for comfort in the title race.
—Joseph O'Sullivan, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
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Christine Peterson, Wired News, 5 July 2025
Thankfully, neither of those things happened to me or anybody in my group, but a couple of times were too close for comfort.
—Brent Rose, Outside Online, 24 July 2025
Outside the margin of error, though still just a little too close for comfort for anxious Democrats.
—Carlo Versano, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 June 2025
Cruzeiro dropped points in a 0-0 draw away to Corinthians and now has Flamengo too close for comfort in the title race.
—Joseph O'Sullivan, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
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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 31 Aug. 2025.
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