English Dictionary

close to the bone

形容詞

比較不可 注釈 通常

(of a comment, etc.) Penetrating and relatable, to the point of causing discomfort. / Destitute.

日本語の意味

（コメントなどの場合に）強烈で心に突き刺さり、不快感さえ引き起こすほど鋭い、痛烈な / 非常に貧しい、極貧

Her remark about his divorce was close to the bone, and he couldn't help but flinch.

彼女の離婚についての発言は胸に突き刺さるほど的確で、彼は思わず顔をしかめた。

意味（1）

(of a comment, etc.) Penetrating and relatable, to the point of causing discomfort.

So it’s morally complex and sometimes uncomfortably close to the bone, but also lushly bawdy and funny, and packaged together with an astonishing degree of cinematic brio by first-time writer-director Marielle Heller.

意味（2）

Destitute.

We've lived close to the bone and saved every cent we could, and there's no undisputed claim now that we can't cash…