单词 | Job's comforter |
释义 | Job's comforter (once / 123118 pages) n WORD FAMILY Job's comforter USAGE EXAMPLES"You're a Job's comforter," said I, somewhat tartly, such a speech as Billy's only sharpening the edge of adversity, to my thinking. Strang, Herbert, Palm Tree Island(2011) "He feels you have adopted him now," said the Job's comforter at her elbow. Ramsay, R., Barnaby—A Novel(2011) "Oh, yes, it can," said Billy, assuming the role of Job's comforter. Randall, Homer, Army Boys in France—or, From Traini...(2011) n someone whose comfort is actually discouraging Hyper comforter, sympathiser, sympathizer commiserates with someone who has had misfortune |
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