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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Opening-half turnovers made the Missouri Tigers’ SEC road showdown against South Carolina a little too close for comfort, at least for a while, on Saturday afternoon at Colonial Life Arena.
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The Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 7 Feb. 2026
If your neighbors are a little too close for comfort, consider adding a room divider or screen to your patio set-up.
—Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 5 Feb. 2026
But when does that relationship get too close for comfort?
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 4 Feb. 2026
Do the allusions and shout-outs to current events and personalities seem a little too close for comfort?
—Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2026
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The Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 7 Feb. 2026
If your neighbors are a little too close for comfort, consider adding a room divider or screen to your patio set-up.
—Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 5 Feb. 2026
But when does that relationship get too close for comfort?
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 4 Feb. 2026
Do the allusions and shout-outs to current events and personalities seem a little too close for comfort?
—Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for too close for comfort
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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 14 Feb. 2026.
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