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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Passed with relative ease, even if things got way too close for comfort late. Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2025 No category fell below the academy’s 40-entry minimum to sustain five nominees in the category, though with just 48 entries this year, best compilation soundtrack for visual media is a little too close for comfort. Paul Grein, Billboard, 3 Oct. 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 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 17 Oct. 2025.

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