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Job's comforter
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a Job's comforter (old-fashioned)

someone who tries to make you feel happier but makes you feel worse instead. She's a real Job's comforter. She keeps telling me I'm going to die soon anyway so I shouldn't worry about anything.

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come/go under the hammer
come/go up in the world
come/go with the territory
come/go/turn full circle
come/spring to mind
comes into head
comfort

comforter
coming
comings and goings
commit to memory
common
common ground
common touch
common-or-garden

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