close to home

close to home
phrasal
: within one's strong personal interests so that one is affected especially strongly

the audience felt that the speaker's remarks were pretty close to home

if … this book might not be too close to home for the average teen-age boy to appreciate — L.T.Bulman

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see home
II close (or near) to home
(of a remark or topic of discussion) relevant or accurate to the point that one feels uncomfortable or embarrassed

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close to home
◇ If something is close to home, it affects you in a strong and personal way.

I'm a teacher, so their criticisms of our educational system hit close to home.

People are usually not concerned about crime until it comes close to home. [=until it affects them directly]

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Main Entry: ↑close
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close to home — see ↑close, 2
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Main Entry: ↑home

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close to ˈhome idiom
if a remark or topic of discussion is close to home, it is accurate or connected with you in a way that makes you uncomfortable or embarrassed

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Her remarks about me were embarrassingly close to home.

Main entry: ↑closeidiom

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