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Idioms and Phrases
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 hit close to home or hit one where one lives , as in That remark about their marriage hit close to home . Also see too close for comfort (to home) .Example Sentences
But it really hit close to home, literally.
This year, crisis hit close to home.
The question of holding men accountable has hit Amos especially close to home over the past several months in the wake of explosive allegations of sexual abuse against her longtime close friend, writer Neil Gaiman.
While the campaign will focus on problems close to home, the candidates would be foolish to ignore the global political headwinds.
Following the release of her latest single, “The Giver,” which she describes as a “lesbian country” song, Roan opened up about the genre’s “camp”-iness and how making the song helped the self-proclaimed “Midwest Princess” feel close to home.
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