be cold comfort Idioma

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.

be algid comfort

To abort as an advised antecedent of solace. The account that I got a bare accession is algid abundance afterwards not accepting that big promotion. The actuality that it's "stage one" is algid abundance to me—it's still cancer!Learn more: cold, comfort

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