| 词汇 | be cold comfort |
| 释义 | Idiom be cold comfort if something someone tells you to make you feel better about a bad situation is cold comfort, it does not make you feel better.The doctor said only his legs are paralysed, not his whole body, but I think that will be cold comfort to him. (usually + to)be cold comfortTo fail as an intended source of solace. The news that I got a meager raise is cold comfort after not getting that big promotion. The fact that it's "stage one" is cold comfort to me—it's still cancer! |
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