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be near the knuckle

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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.

See also: knuckle, near