cold comfort

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Much less reassurance, consolation, aid, or pleasure than one needs or desires. countable,idiomatic,uncountable
    — […] or ſhall I complaine on thee to our miſtris, whoſe hand / (ſhe being now at hand) thou ſhalt ſoone feele, to thy / cold comfort, for being ſlow in thy hot office.

词形变化

cold comforts plural

词源

Popularized by William Shakespeare in The Taming of the Shrew, see quotations.
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