cold comfort

My saying that may only be cold comfort to them.

Cold comfort, I thought, but better than none at all.

The one thing I could give him was the cold comfort of a lie.

At the very least, she would have the cold comfort of dying in good company.

All that is cold comfort to German workers who have been put out of work.

After all, they are so much older - a fact that, to them, can be pretty cold comfort.

At their age, that will be cold comfort for his loss, especially when they learn the nature of the death he died.

They were one shy now, but that was cold comfort.

They wanted a meal and the cold comfort of sleep.

When he told her about the accident she offered him cold comfort.

But all this is cold comfort to most unemployed workers.

Sean felt what could only be called cold comfort at that fact.

That may be cold comfort to people whose homes and businesses are under the water.

She takes cold comfort in the fact that half her friends are also unemployed.

For companies now trapped in the fight, that is cold comfort.

But there was cold comfort for scientists in those statements.

It's cold comfort, but at least there are less than 7 years left on the patent.

Cold comfort in a tent this weather, if you ask me.

With that cold comfort I was forced to be satisfied.

The sooner the better, if April 15, 1988, is to bring even cold comfort.

Now, all he had to look forward to was the cold comfort of emergency quarters.

But for now, the prospects of better days at an uncertain time in the future is cold comfort.

Being "proved right" in the end is going to he damned cold comfort.

That may come as cold comfort to people here.

"That may be cold comfort, but it's what I can offer."