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cold comfort
noun
slight or negligible comfort; scarce consolation.
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of cold comfort1
First recorded in 1565–75
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Idioms and Phrases
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.
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It’s cold comfort, a phrase that could capably describe the entire vibe of “Sorry, Baby.”
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That may be cold comfort for Americans adversely affected by the Doge chainsaw, however.
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That he is not the first world leader to use violence or war to avoid prison offers cold comfort.
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Trump's words after the Chinese app's sudden emergence in recent days were probably cold comfort to the likes of Altman and Ellison.
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The Democratic governor characterized California’s economic might as “cold comfort” to regions that feel like they don’t fully participate in the state’s muscular output.
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