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词组 be close to the bone
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Idiom
be close to the bone
if something you say or write is close to the bone, it is close to the truth in a way that may offend someone.
He said he was only joking, but his comments were a bit close to the bone.Your remark about people who've been in trouble with the police was very near the bone.

be close to the bone

To be very close to the truth in a hurtful way. Of course I'm mad—dad's remarks about how I'm wasting my life were close to the bone.
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