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单词 hit too close to home
释义

hit too close to home

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Verb

hit too close to home (third-person singular simple present hits too close to home, present participle hitting too close to home, simple past and past participle hit too close to home)

  1. Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see hit, too, close, to, home.
  2. (idiomatic) To occur too close for comfort; to happen dangerously or uncomfortably near.
    I just barely managed to keep my job during the layoff – it really hit too close to home.
  3. (idiomatic) To be relatable in a negative way; to cause negative emotions by being similar or reminding; to be uncomfortably alike one's personal negative experiences.
    As a veteran, the war film I watched yesterday hit too close to home, making me remember many awful things.
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