close to the bone

very personal or offensively honest He said he was only joking, but his comments were so close to the bone they weren't funny at all.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Malin	MAH-lin (Swedish, Norwegian), MAH-leen (Finnish)	Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish
Uttar	-	Indian, Hindi (Rare)
Cynebald	-	Anglo-Saxon
Cerridwyn	-	Welsh
Zarathushtra	-	Ancient Persian
Taniqua	tə-NEE-kwə	African American (Rare)