English Dictionary

too close for comfort

形容詞

比較不可

Near enough to cause discomfort. / Near enough to be dangerous. / So similar or applicable to one's situation that it causes distress. / Frightening because of almost resulting in injury or disaster.

日本語の意味

不快感を覚えるほど近い / 危険を感じるほど近い / 自身の状況に重なり、心配や不安を引き起こすほど接近している / 実害や災難を引き起こす恐れがあるほど接近している

The parked motorcycle was too close for comfort to the cafe's entrance.

駐車してあったバイクはカフェの入り口に不快に感じるほど近かった。

意味（1）

Near enough to cause discomfort.

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

意味（2）

Near enough to be dangerous.

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

意味（3）

So similar or applicable to one's situation that it causes distress.

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

意味（4）

Frightening because of almost resulting in injury or disaster.

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?