in one's own backyard

In one's own domain, in a position very close to one. For example, You didn't expect to find a first-class organist in your own backyard. [Mid-1900s] Also see close to home.

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The article focused mostly on making composting in one's own backyard seem less intimidating.

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But like many things experienced in one’s own backyard, Lansbury’s performance remains indestructible in memory.

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Harris’s exhumation of busing was greeted over at Fox News with the delirium usually reserved for striking oil in one’s own backyard.

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Phil Savignano, senior tourism officer, says it’s important for people to know that there’s always snow somewhere in Maine, even when it isn’t in one’s own backyard.

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in one's name in one's own right

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