comfort (redirected from comforting)

be cold comfort

if something someone tells you to make you feel better about a bad situation is cold comfort, it does not make you feel better. The doctor said only his legs are paralysed, not his whole body, but I think that will be cold comfort to him. (usually + to)

See also: cold

be too close for comfort

to make people worried or frightened by being too close in distance or too similar in amount. Those lions were much too close for comfort. The party will have to work hard to improve its image - the last election result was too close for comfort.

See also: close

creature comforts

things that make life more comfortable and pleasant, such as hot water and good food. I hate camping. I can't do without my creature comforts.

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too close for comfort

worrying because of a possible direct effect on you. When people start saying our local elections are corrupt, that's a little too close for comfort.

close to home

See also: close