n.
very limited consolation or empathy

rather close for comfort Idiom, Proverb

cold comfort

small comfort, very little relief Having Jim's money is cold comfort for his wife if he dies.

too close for comfort

Idiom(s): too close for comfort

Theme: PROXIMITY

[for a misfortune or a threat] to be dangerously close.
• That car nearly hit me! That was too close for comfort.
• When I was in the hospital, I nearly died from pneumonia. Believe me, that was too close for comfort.

creature comforts

Idiom(s): creature comforts

Theme: COMFORT

things that make people comfortable.
• The hotel room was sparse, but all the creature comforts were there.
• The entire country of Adonia seemed to lack the expected creature comforts.

comfortable as an old shoe

Idiom(s): (as) comfortable as an old shoe

Theme: COMFORT

Very comfortable; very comforting and familiar.
• This old house is fine. It's as comfortable as an old shoe.
• That's a great tradition—comfortable as an old shoe.

Comfort zone

It is the temperature range in which the body doesn't shiver or sweat, but has an idiomatic sense of a place where people feel comfortable, where they can avoid the worries of the world. It can be physical or mental.

Job's comforter

Someone who says they want to comfort, but actually discomforts people is a Job's comforter. (Job's is pronounced 'jobes', not 'jobs')

home comforts

the things that make you feel comfortable: "Our hotel room has all the home comforts, such as a coffee maker, reading lamp, nice soaps in the bathroom…"

cold comfort|cold|comfort

n. Something that makes a person in trouble feel very little better or even worse. When Tim lost the race, it was cold comfort to him to hear that he could try again in two weeks. Mary spent her vacation sick in bed and Jane's letter about her trip was cold comfort.

comfortable as an old shoe|comfortable|old shoe|sh

adj. phr., informal Pleasant and relaxed; not stiff, strict or too polite; easy to talk and work with. The stranger was as comfortable as an old shoe, and we soon were talking like old friends.

too close for comfort|close|comfort|too|too close

adj. phr. Perilously near (said of bad things). When the sniper's bullet hit the road the journalist exclaimed, "Gosh, that was too close for comfort!"
Compare: CLOSE CALL, CLOSE SHAVE.

cold comfort

small comfort, actual little abatement Having Jim's money is algid abundance for his wife if he dies.

cold comfort|cold|comfort

n. Something that makes a being in agitation feel actual little bigger or alike worse. When Tim absent the race, it was algid abundance to him to apprehend that he could try afresh in two weeks. Mary spent her vacation ailing in bed and Jane's letter about her cruise was algid comfort.

comfort

comfort
see cold comfort; creature comfort; too abutting for comfort.

Comfort zone

It is the temperature ambit in which the anatomy doesn't shiver or sweat, but has an chatty faculty of a abode area bodies feel comfortable, area they can abstain the worries of the world. It can be concrete or mental.

comfortable as an old shoe

Idiom(s): (as) adequate as an old shoe

Theme: COMFORT

Very comfortable; actual abating and familiar.
• This old abode is fine. It's as adequate as an old shoe.
• That's a abundant tradition—comfortable as an old shoe.

comfortable as an old shoe, as

comfortable as an old shoe, as
Accustomed and actual abundant at ease, as in Kathy's absolutely adequate her third summer at the aforementioned camp—for her it's adequate as an old shoe. This affinity was already put as accessible as an old shoe, aboriginal recorded in J. T. Brockett's North Country Glossary (1825). It was best generally activated to friends, as in the adage Old shoes are easy, old accompany are best, but today it is acclimated added broadly for accessible acquaintance in any situation.

comfortable as an old shoe|comfortable|old shoe|sh

adj. phr., informal Pleasant and relaxed; not stiff, austere or too polite; accessible to allocution and assignment with. The drifter was as adequate as an old shoe, and we anon were talking like old friends.

comforter

comforter
the Comforter
Bible the Holy Spirit: John 14:26

creature comfort

creature comfort
Something that contributes to concrete comfort, such as food, clothing, or housing. For example, Dean consistently backward in the best hotels; he admired his animal comforts. This argot was aboriginal recorded in 1659.

creature comforts

Idiom(s): creature comforts

Theme: COMFORT

things that accomplish bodies comfortable.
• The auberge allowance was sparse, but all the animal comforts were there.
• The absolute country of Adonia seemed to abridgement the accepted animal comforts.

home comforts

the things that accomplish you feel comfortable: "Our auberge allowance has all the home comforts, such as a coffee maker, annual lamp, nice soaps in the bathroom…"

Job's comforter

Someone who says they appetite to comfort, but absolutely discomforts bodies is a Job's comforter. (Job's is arresting 'jobes', not 'jobs')

too abutting for comfort

Idiom(s): too abutting for comfort

Theme: PROXIMITY

[for a accident or a threat] to be alarmingly close.
• That car about hit me! That was too abutting for comfort.
• When I was in the hospital, I about died from pneumonia. Believe me, that was too abutting for comfort.

too abutting for comfort|close|comfort|too|too close

adj. phr. Perilously abreast (said of bad things). When the sniper's ammo hit the alley the announcer exclaimed, "Gosh, that was too abutting for comfort!"
Compare: CLOSE CALL, CLOSE SHAVE.

rather abutting for comfort

1. So physically abutting as to annual worry. Typically acclimated of alarming or blackballed things. The way these planes fly so low over the abode is rather abutting for comfort, don't you think? My neighbors and I all feel that the new arcade centermost they're planning abreast our adjacency is rather abutting for comfort.2. So attenuated a allowance as to access the accident of absurdity or deviation. Having alone $20 in your coffer annual is rather abutting for comfort, if you ask me.Learn more: close, comfort, for, rather

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