close to home

Adverb

Meaning

(idiomatic) Affecting people close to, or within, one's family circle.

(figuratively) Affecting one personally through deep familiarity.
to hit close to home

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Antonyms

foreign alien extraneous

Examples

We have found, in our country, that when people have the right to make decisions as close to home as possible, they usually make the right decisions. Ronald Reagan

I don't write about things that I have the answers to or things that are very close to home. It just wouldn't be any adventure. It wouldn't have any vitality. Ann Beattie

I've gone very far, far away, but my character keeps me close to home. Fran Drescher

I have always drawn strength from being close to home. Arthur Ashe

It's particularly hard to take being stabbed in the back close to home. There's always a feeling of betrayal when people of your own group oppose you. Catharine MacKinnon

I wouldn't mind producing a movie with a music storyline, but acting in one is too close to home. Garth Brooks

Close letter words and terms

close to dying close to each other close to hand close to its end close to losing close to one's chest