- Tom Hanks’new movie role is hitting closer to home than he ever imagined.

- That description of orphans really was too close to home.

- My patient's lung cancer diagnosis is close to home for me because my uncle recently died of the same thing.

어떤 사람과 정서적으로 깊게 연관되어 있어서 친밀하게 개인적으로 영향을 미치다.

* 여기서 home은 어떤 것의 중심을 의미.