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
Riordan	-	Irish
Minta	MIN-tə	English (Rare)
Giacinta	jah-CHEEN-tah	Italian
Katashi	kah-tah-shee	Japanese
Isebella	iz-ə-BEL-ə	English (Rare)
Abdul	-	Arabic, Urdu, Punjabi, Pashto, Bengali, Indonesian, Malay