- cold comfort
- noun Date: 14th century quite limited sympathy, consolation, or encouragement
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
cold comfort
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Cold Comfort — may refer to: Cold Comfort , an episode of Are You Being Served? Cold Comfort (Law Order: Criminal Intent), a 2003 episode of Criminal Intent Operation Cold Comfort, a failed raid during World War II Cold Comfort (Dark Angel), an episode of the… … Wikipedia
cold comfort — {n.} Something that makes a person in trouble feel very little better or even worse. * /When Tim lost the race, it was cold comfort to him to hear that he could try again in two weeks./ * /Mary spent her vacation sick in bed and Jane s letter… … Dictionary of American idioms
cold comfort — {n.} Something that makes a person in trouble feel very little better or even worse. * /When Tim lost the race, it was cold comfort to him to hear that he could try again in two weeks./ * /Mary spent her vacation sick in bed and Jane s letter… … Dictionary of American idioms
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cold comfort — n [U] if something that is slightly positive is cold comfort to someone who is feeling very bad about a situation, it does not make them feel any better ▪ The drop in the unemployment figures is cold comfort to those still looking for work … Dictionary of contemporary English
cold comfort — ► cold comfort poor or inadequate consolation. Main Entry: ↑cold … English terms dictionary
cold comfort — noun uncount something that makes a difficult situation slightly better but not much better … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
cold comfort — noun very limited consolation or empathy he told me that time heals all wounds but that was cold comfort to me • Hypernyms: ↑consolation, ↑solace, ↑solacement * * * noun : scant consolation : quite limited sympathy or encouragement * * * slight… … Useful english dictionary
cold comfort — Meaning Origin From Shakespeare s The Taming of the Shrew & King John GRUMIO: Am I but three inches? why, thy horn is a foot; and so long am I at the least. But wilt thou make a fire, or shall I complain on thee to our mistress, whose hand, she… … Meaning and origin of phrases
cold comfort — N UNCOUNT: oft N to/for n If you say that a slightly encouraging fact or event is cold comfort to someone, you mean that it gives them little or no comfort because their situation is so difficult or unpleasant. These figures may look good on… … English dictionary
cold\ comfort — noun Something that makes a person in trouble feel very little better or even worse. When Tim lost the race, it was cold comfort to him to hear that he could try again in two weeks. Mary spent her vacation sick in bed and Jane s letter about her… … Словарь американских идиом
