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mf Идиома
cold comfort
small comfort, very little relief Having Jim's money is cold comfort for his wife if he dies.
IMF
International Monetary Fund - an international agency that works to stabilize currencies etc The IMF imposed very strict currency guidelines that many people were opposed to.
bumfluff
adolescent facial hair growth
MF
1. short for motherfucker 2. short for Mark Ferhman; the police officer who tried to set up O.J. Simpson by planting evidence on him
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.
comfortable as an old shoe, as Familiar and very much at ease, as in Kathy's really enjoying her third summer at the same camp—for her it's comfortable as an old shoe. This simile was once put as easy as an old shoe, first recorded in J. T. Brockett's North Country Glossary (1825). It was most often applied to friends, as in the proverb Old shoes are easy, old friends are best, but today it is used more broadly for easy familiarity in any situation.
comforter
comforter the Comforter Bible the Holy Spirit: John 14:26
creature comfort
creature comfort Something that contributes to physical comfort, such as food, clothing, or housing. For example, Dean always stayed in the best hotels; he valued his creature comforts. This idiom was first recorded in 1659.
An mf idiom dictionary is a great resource for writers, students, and anyone looking to expand their vocabulary. It contains a list of words with similar meanings with mf, allowing users to choose the best word for their specific context.
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