next door to

Idioms  

1. Very close to, as in The old dog was next door to death. This metaphoric expression, alluding to an adjacent house, was first recorded in 1529.

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Example Sentences

Zed was discovered two decades ago when the Los Angeles County Museum of Art began carving out an underground parking garage next door to the pits.

From The Wall Street Journal

The evening might begin at the Russian Tea Room, located next door to the Metropolitan Tower, a skyscraper built in 1987 that one observer likened to a “glass-and-steel Godzilla looming ravenously” over the more elegant buildings nearby.

From The Wall Street Journal

Page consults Martha Stout’s book “The Sociopath Next Door” to understand the character’s lack of empathy and remorse.

From Los Angeles Times

Even at a Roche Bros. supermarket in downtown Boston—next door to a luxury residential high rise—following the guidance yielded a plate that came in just about on budget, though getting all the ingredients cost nearly $26.

From The Wall Street Journal

The company has earned praise from analysts for its steadiness, its ability to draw profit from all aspects of the energy industry, and its enviable exploration and production footprint — which includes West Texas’s Permian Basin and, next door to Venezuela, Guyana, where it has emerged as a key player.

From MarketWatch

Related Words

• adjoining
• neighboring