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
Schumacher	['ʃu:ma:kɜ:]
Paora	-	Maori
Yevgeni	yev-GYE-nee, eev-GYE-nee	Russian
EugÊNio	-	Portuguese
Meinir	-	Welsh
Kazuo	kah-zoo-o	Japanese