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
Murali	-	Hinduism, Tamil, Indian, Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam, Hindi
Feidhelm	-	Irish
Vasu	-	Hinduism, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, Hindi
Jeong-Suk	jung-sook	Korean
Gennadiy	gye-NAH-dee, gee-NAH-dee	Russian
Fedot	fye-DOT, fee-DOT	Russian