Too Close For Comfort Meaning & Sentence Examples

Too Close For Comfort Definition, Sentence Examples

TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT MEANING – Find out what too close for comfort really means. Example sentences of this idiomatic expression can also be found here.

The earliest printed use of the expression dates to 1814 and may be found in The New Monthly Magazine and Literary Journal, published in the United Kingdom:

“On one side was Heaven, and then on the other Hell – well railed off from each other certainly, but rather too close for any comfort.”

Too Close For Comfort Meaning:

• to be really near something harmful or unwelcoming
• uncomfortably or dangerously close
• to get so close to you that it makes you uneasy or afraid
• Someone could feel uneasy, worried, or troubled if they were that near.

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Here are examples of sentences that use too close for comfort:

1. When Fred and I went out for drinks together, I realized we were getting too close for comfort.
2. That car came a little too close for comfort!
3. Sally’s dad lives the next street to us, which is a little too close for comfort.
4. While we were swimming at the lake, the snake came a little too close for comfort.

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