"close to home" meaning in Anglais

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Adverb

IPA: \ˈkləʊs tʊ ˈhəʊm\ Audio: En-au-close to home.ogg Forms: closer to home [comparative], closest to home [superlative]
  1. Personnellement, directement (émotionnellement parlant). Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: fr-close_to_home-en-adv-EC2Oz7jF Categories (other): Exemples en anglais, Métaphores en anglais
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  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Compositions en anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Dates manquantes en anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Locutions adverbiales en anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Anglais",
      "orig": "anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    " ",
    "(Date à préciser) Composé de close to (« près de ») et de home (« chez soi, foyer, domicile »), littéralement « près de chez soi »."
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "closer to home",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ˈkloʊ.sɚ tʊ ˈhoʊm\\",
        "\\ˈkləʊ.sə tʊ ˈhəʊm\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "closest to home",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ˈkloʊ.sɪst tʊ ˈhoʊm\\",
        "\\ˈkləʊ.sɪst tʊ ˈhəʊm\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Anglais",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
  "pos_title": "Locution adverbiale",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Exemples en anglais",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Métaphores en anglais",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The question hit closer to home than he expected.",
          "translation": "La question le toucha plus personnellement que ce à quoi il s’attendait."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Personnellement, directement (émotionnellement parlant)."
      ],
      "id": "fr-close_to_home-en-adv-EC2Oz7jF",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Affecter",
        "toucher"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "\\ˈkləʊs tʊ ˈhəʊm\\"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-au-close to home.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/40/En-au-close_to_home.ogg/En-au-close_to_home.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/En-au-close to home.ogg",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Australie"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "close to home"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Compositions en anglais",
    "Dates manquantes en anglais",
    "Locutions adverbiales en anglais",
    "anglais"
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    " ",
    "(Date à préciser) Composé de close to (« près de ») et de home (« chez soi, foyer, domicile »), littéralement « près de chez soi »."
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "closer to home",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ˈkloʊ.sɚ tʊ ˈhoʊm\\",
        "\\ˈkləʊ.sə tʊ ˈhəʊm\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "closest to home",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ˈkloʊ.sɪst tʊ ˈhoʊm\\",
        "\\ˈkləʊ.sɪst tʊ ˈhəʊm\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Anglais",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
  "pos_title": "Locution adverbiale",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Exemples en anglais",
        "Métaphores en anglais"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The question hit closer to home than he expected.",
          "translation": "La question le toucha plus personnellement que ce à quoi il s’attendait."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Personnellement, directement (émotionnellement parlant)."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "Affecter",
        "toucher"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "\\ˈkləʊs tʊ ˈhəʊm\\"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-au-close to home.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/40/En-au-close_to_home.ogg/En-au-close_to_home.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/En-au-close to home.ogg",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Australie"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "close to home"
}

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