be near the knuckle

(British informal)

if a joke or a remark is near the knuckle, it is about sex in a way that some people find offensive Some of his jokes were a bit near the knuckle and, unfortunately, I was watching the show with my parents.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Michel	mee-SHEL (French), MI-khel (German)	French, German, Dutch
Cecilija	-	Slovene, Croatian
Breeshey	BREE-shə	Manx
Xavier	ZAY-vee-ər (English), ZAY-vyər (English), ig-ZAY-vee-ər (English), za-VYE (French), sha-VYER (Portuguese)	English, French, Portuguese, Catalan, Spanish (Archaic)
Jagdish	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati
Filipp	fee-LEEP	Russian