cold comfort
US /koʊld ˈkʌmfɚt/
・UK /kəuld ˈkʌmfət/
C1
idm.A consolation that is insufficient or unsatisfactory.
Getting a small raise was cold comfort after losing my job.
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The Law You Won't Be Told
- Cold comfort though.
Cold comfort though.
- kind. Cold comfort, though.
kind. Cold comfort, though.
‘All options open’: Analyst explains US-Iran ‘constructive ambiguity’ strategy
- That's cold comfort for us in the Gulf, isn't it?
That's cold comfort for us in the Gulf, isn't it?
- That's cold comfort for us in the Gulf, isn't it?
That's cold comfort for us in the Gulf, isn't it?
10 Trials That Caused Massive Backlash
- Posthumous pardons in 2013 offered cold comfort, underscoring how belated vindication rarely repairs generational harm.
Posthumous pardons in 2013 offered cold comfort, underscoring how belated vindication rarely repairs generational harm.
- Posthumous pardons in 2013 offered cold comfort, underscoring how belated vindication rarely repairs generational harm.
Posthumous pardons in 2013 offered cold comfort, underscoring how belated vindication rarely repairs generational harm.