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too close to home
   
A We love it. It's all about a young blonde woman who's out to seek revenge on everyone for destroying her family.
B Yeah, too close to home.
   
A I made some jokes.
B Some jokes that hit too close to home.
   
A It ... It's a nice piece of writing but ... it hits too close to home. It's too much me.
   
A Oleg texted me this show was good. I just finished The Walking Dead. It hit a little too close to home.
   
** if a remark is too close to home, it makes people feel uncomfortable or upset because it is about a sensitive or very personal subject ** 
 
The message the film conveyed struck so hard and too close to home that it moved me to tears.
 
 

don't play dumb

slip my mind

a slip of the tongue

on the fence

beck and call

under a lot of pressure

under no circumstances

get over yourself

pipe dream

suck up

You're one to talk

steal one's thunder

swoop in

We all chipped in

barking up the wrong tree

ramble on

make peace with it

off and on

set in motion

too close to home

a walk in the park

go to great lengths

drop the ball

put sb up to sth

 

 

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