cold / small comfort

cold / small comfort a small piece of good news that does not make you feel better about a bad situation不起作用的安慰:[+ for / to ]•Another drop in the inflation rate was cold comfort yesterday for the 2.74 million jobless.昨天通货膨胀率的再次下降对 274 万失业人员而言起不了安慰的作用。⇒COMFORT FOOD,COMFORT ZONE

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