too close for comfort

Even the neighbouring country was too close for comfort. The episode was acutely embarrassing for Victor, who returned to England boiling with silent rage.

Our house at Cavenagh Road had been boarded up and abandoned when the Japanese artillery shells started falling too close for comfort.

When the truth gets too close for comfort, the ego needs to distract us and root us in our bodies

Thank god for schools and stranger danger, Rebecca thought with a sigh, but still, it'd been too close for comfort. Maybe it had just been someone looking for directions, but if that were the case, why take off when an adult came along?