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 might offend some people.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Insults & abuse
- arse-licker
- asshole
- brickbat
- cut (sb) to the quick idiom
- denigrate
- do sb down
- fuck
- fuck you/them/it idiom
- give someone a mouthful idiom
- mouth
- mouthful
- name-calling
- score
- shit
- sledging
- snowflake
- stick
- take sb's name in vain idiom
- trifle
- trifle with sb/sth
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