too close for comfort
idiom
variants
or less commonly too near for comfort
: close enough to make a person feel nervous, worried, or upset
That bus came a little too close for comfort!
When we went out for drinks together, I realized we were getting too close for comfort.
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In the coming years, both NASA and the ESA have designs on sending uncrewed spacecraft to observe an infamous asteroid named Apophis, which caused some concern two decades ago when it was discovered hurtling too close for comfort toward Earth.
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Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2025
Peeke scored his first goal as a Bruin, an empty-netter that sealed a game that had gotten too close for comfort, had an assist and finished the game at plus-4 in 20:55 of ice time.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 15 Jan. 2025
After a too close for comfort victory over the three-win Patriots, the Bills came back with a big statement victory over the Jets.
—Joe Buscaglia, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
There were times when Norris and Verstappen clashed, when competition perhaps got a little too close for comfort.
—Kanzah Maktoum, Forbes, 24 Nov. 2024
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Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2025
Peeke scored his first goal as a Bruin, an empty-netter that sealed a game that had gotten too close for comfort, had an assist and finished the game at plus-4 in 20:55 of ice time.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 15 Jan. 2025
After a too close for comfort victory over the three-win Patriots, the Bills came back with a big statement victory over the Jets.
—Joe Buscaglia, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
There were times when Norris and Verstappen clashed, when competition perhaps got a little too close for comfort.
—Kanzah Maktoum, Forbes, 24 Nov. 2024
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“Too close for comfort.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/too%20close%20for%20comfort. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.
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