close to home

Idioms  

1. 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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Example Sentences

The department, the spokesperson added, was "laying the groundwork for an inclusive education system where children are supported at the earliest stage and can thrive in a school that meets their needs, close to home".

From BBC

I’m a Capricorn from Wisconsin, which means my birthday arrives at the coldest, darkest time of the year — when people stay close to home, not linger over dinner or celebrate anything at all.

From Salon

Most employees are hired locally, she added, because residents tend to look for work close to home.

From BBC

Their abuses were too close to home for China, and the action against the scam business in Laukkaing has been the most decisive yet.

From BBC

The novelty of that would have worn off quickly had the rest of the story not hit so close to home for so many people who saw it.

From Salon