close to home

Also, where one lives. Affecting one intimately and personally, as in That description of orphans really was too close to home, or The teacher's criticisms of her work got her where she lives. The noun home here means “the heart of something,” a usage dating from the late 1800s; the variant was first recorded in 1860. Both of these colloquialisms are sometimes preceded by hit, that is, something is said to, as in That remark about their marriage hit close to home. Also see too close for comfort (to home).

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"A lot of children are growing up and don't have the opportunity to be able to go to other places or travel, so having somewhere close to home, that is free, is so important."

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On Saturday in Northridge, so close to home, the City Section Open Division title, the program’s first since 1981, was Moorman’s — and the Highlanders — to celebrate in an 11-2 drubbing of archrival Carson.

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Shockingly, the victims are close to home.

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Ms Roberts said she was "very, very fortunate" to have had treatment close to home with space limited, as she was aware of other patients having to go to Llanelli, Swansea and Cardiff for treatment.

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But for art student Jess Anderson, 20, the incident had "brought it close to home that there is actually a rise in violence against women".

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