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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While things got too close for comfort at times, the Hurricanes played through raining conditions and a sputtering offensive performance to dispatch the Florida Gators 26-7.
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Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 21 Sep. 2025
The Giants keep it too close for comfort into the third quarter, but the Chiefs find a way to come home with their first win.
—Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2025
However, a dispute about the future of the facility with its owner and a land developer results in a murders that hit too close for comfort, so the group of true-crime investigators — who dub themselves the Thursday Murder Club — spring into action.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
In a video, part of the brand's new YouTube series, Walkies, Pattison, 37, could be seen letting a dog get a little too close for comfort.
—Nicholas Rice, People.com, 24 Aug. 2025
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Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 21 Sep. 2025
The Giants keep it too close for comfort into the third quarter, but the Chiefs find a way to come home with their first win.
—Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2025
However, a dispute about the future of the facility with its owner and a land developer results in a murders that hit too close for comfort, so the group of true-crime investigators — who dub themselves the Thursday Murder Club — spring into action.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
In a video, part of the brand's new YouTube series, Walkies, Pattison, 37, could be seen letting a dog get a little too close for comfort.
—Nicholas Rice, People.com, 24 Aug. 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 6 Oct. 2025.
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