| 词组 | a Job's comforter |
| 释义 | Idiom 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. Job's comforterSomeone who makes a person feel worse about a situation when trying to offer sympathy. A reference to the Biblical story of Job, who showed great faith amid difficult circumstances. Larry is a real Job's comforter. I know he was just trying to offer comforting words, but he made Maggie feel worse about her financial situation. a Job's comfortera person who aggravates distress under the guise of giving comfort.In the Bible, Job was a prosperous man whose patience and piety was tested by a series of undeserved misfortunes. The attempts of his friends to comfort him only add to his sense of despair and he tells them: ‘miserable comforters are ye all’ (Job 16:2). Despite his ordeals, he remains confident of the goodness and justice of God and in the end he is restored to his former situation. a ˌJob’s ˈcomforter(old-fashioned) a person who is sympathetic but says things which make you feel even more unhappy than you are already: Ann came to see me when I was in hospital. She was a real Job’s comforter! She told me about somebody who had the same operation as me, and then died a month later.Job is a character in the Bible. His friends pretended to comfort him but were actually criticizing him. |
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