cold comfort
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcoldandcomfort
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cold
adjective
uk/kəʊld/us/koʊld/
at a low temperature, especially when compared to the temperature of the human body, and not hot, ...
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comfort
noun
uk/ˈkʌm.fət/us/ˈkʌm.fɚt/
a pleasant feeling of being relaxed and free ...
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(Definition ofcoldandcomfortfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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So my arguments should be no more thancoldcomfortfor the critic of positivism.
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Such freedom may seem likecoldcomfort, for it may appear that the alleviation of this tension has been purchased at the price of strengthening the case for circularity.
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The farmers are crying out for help, but are being offeredcoldcomfort.
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It iscoldcomfortfor them that at some stage, £50 million will be spent on community transport projects that have yet to be defined.
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It may have been an accident, but that was verycoldcomfortto him.
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It iscoldcomfortto be told that in two years' time they will be replaced.
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That iscoldcomfortto the poor people who have only got a very few ounces of butter.
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The prospect of tax cuts in two years' time, if they materialise at all, iscoldcomfortnow.
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I believe that many people have put themselves out of work; but that iscoldcomforttoday.
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Protection by the law iscoldcomfortif he finds himself without the protection of a roof.
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I am afraid that those who are unemployed will get verycoldcomfortout of the statement to which we have just listened.
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We can derive suchcoldcomfortas we may from the fall-out from this botched, blundering and brutal policy.
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Even if that were so, it iscoldcomfortfor the students to whom it does not apply.
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My response will be ofcoldcomfortto her.
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That iscoldcomfortto those who have lost control over their finances and who have been punished by the electorate for it.
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His statement will be verycoldcomfortto industrialists and to those engaged in industry.
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Sandwiches arecoldcomforton a cold winter's day.
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It iscoldcomfortto reiterate that the record of the past belies gloomy predictions.
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It wascoldcomfortto him to know that it was an accident.
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