"close to home" meaning in English

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      "form": "closest to home",
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  "pos": "adv",
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      "glosses": [
        "Affecting people close to, or within, one's family circle."
      ],
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) Affecting people close to, or within, one's family circle."
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "to hit close to home",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1985, Johnny Marr, Morrissey (lyrics and music), “That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore”, in Meat is Murder, performed by The Smiths",
          "text": "[…] when you laugh about people who feel so very lonely / […] I wish I could laugh / but that joke isn't funny anymore / it's too close to home / and it's too near the bone",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2006 April 15, Nick Kent, “What a drag”, in The Guardian, →ISSN",
          "text": "Watching another icon's anguished passing was evidently far too close to home for him to comfortably endure.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2022 September 7, Jennifer Elias, quoting Sundar Pichai, “Google CEO says he hopes to make company 20% more efficient, hints at potential cuts”, in CNBC",
          "text": "Smiling, Pichai said he never watched the popular show [Silicon Valley]. “Too close to home,” he remarked. “You watch TV to relax.”",
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        }
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      "glosses": [
        "Affecting one personally through deep familiarity."
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        "(figurative) Affecting one personally through deep familiarity."
      ],
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  "word": "close to home"
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    },
    {
      "form": "closest to home",
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        "superlative"
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        "Affecting people close to, or within, one's family circle."
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        "(idiomatic) Affecting people close to, or within, one's family circle."
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1985, Johnny Marr, Morrissey (lyrics and music), “That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore”, in Meat is Murder, performed by The Smiths",
          "text": "[…] when you laugh about people who feel so very lonely / […] I wish I could laugh / but that joke isn't funny anymore / it's too close to home / and it's too near the bone",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2006 April 15, Nick Kent, “What a drag”, in The Guardian, →ISSN",
          "text": "Watching another icon's anguished passing was evidently far too close to home for him to comfortably endure.",
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        },
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          "ref": "2022 September 7, Jennifer Elias, quoting Sundar Pichai, “Google CEO says he hopes to make company 20% more efficient, hints at potential cuts”, in CNBC",
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        "Affecting one personally through deep familiarity."
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        "(figurative) Affecting one personally through deep familiarity."
      ],
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