单词	cold comfort
释义	cold comfort /ˌkəʊld ˈkʌmfət / Poor or inadequate consolation: another drop in the inflation rate was cold comfort for the 2.74 million jobless... Orwell's efforts brought him little but calumny in his lifetime; posthumous vindication, even on such a grand scale, seems rather cold comfort. But that will be cold comfort to the millions of children who have been hit hard by these arbitrary policies, shamelessly justified in the name of school safety. But that was cold comfort for the former Vermont governor, whose once promising campaign unravelled further when the head of a major union withdrew his support. See parent entry: cold
随便看	take something on board take something out take something out on take something over take something personally take something to heart take something to the next level take something under advisement take something up take something with a pinch (or grain) of salt take stock take that! take the air take the biscuit (or take the cake) take the bread out of (or from) people's mouths take the bull by the horns take the cake take the chair take the chequered flag take the chill off take the count take the easy way out take the edge off take the fall take the field

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