too close for comfort
Also, too close to home. Dangerously nearby or accurate, as in That last shot was too close for comfort, or Their attacks on the speaker hit too close to home, and he left in a huff.
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tonus, tony, too, too bad, too big for one's britches, too close for comfort, too close to call, too good to be true, too little, too late, too many cooks spoil the broth, too many irons in the fire
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