单词 | cold comfort |
释义 | cold comfortnounslight or negligible comfort; scarce consolation. Origin of cold comfortFirst recorded in 1565–75 Words nearby cold comfortcold cathode, cold cellar, cold chisel, cold-cock, cold color, cold comfort, cold cream, cold-cure resin, cold cut, cold cuts, cold deck Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Idioms and Phrases with cold comfortcold comfort Slight or no consolation. For example, He can't lend us his canoe but will tell us where to rent one—that's cold comfort. The adjective cold was being applied to comfort in this sense by the early 1300s, and Shakespeare used the idiom numerous times. The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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