Job's comforter

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person who, in trying to offer help or advice, says something that aggravates the distress.
    — Only a Job's comforter would try to argue that yesterday's stock fall announcement could bring anything good.
  2. A boil. obsolete,slang

词形变化

Job's comforters plural

词源

From the Bible Job 16.2 where Job's supposed friends offered advice that was not helpful.
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