close to the bone

成語所屬單字bone

close to the bone — 慣用語

1. So honest or direct that it might upset someone.

1.慣用語
釋義

過於直接而冒犯人的

So honest or direct that it might upset someone.

例句

His joke about her weight was too close to the bone.

The documentary's criticism of the government was close to the bone.