be cold comfort
be cold comfort
To fail as an intended source of solace. The news that I got a meager raise is cold comfort after not getting that big promotion. The fact that it's "stage one" is cold comfort to me—it's still cancer! Yeah, "you'll meet someone new" is cold comfort in the immediate aftermath of a devastating break-up!
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