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Cold comfort :silly:

  • slight or no consolation
  • no comfort or consolation at all

VVV Is this correct sentence ?? if I will write in the examz :hmmm:

I know that there are several others who are worse off than us, but that’s no cold comfort.:smiley:

sentence please :bummer:

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cold comfort. Never heard, never used.

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Cold comfort means poor or of little consolation.

The correct sentence for this

would be:

I know that there are several others who are worse off than us, but that's a cold comfort. (Without the *no *in front of it.)

Meaning:

I know that there are several others who are worse off than us, but that's of little consolation.

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Thank you mezhgan :phati:
Anyother sentence except this one ??

Dekha :stuck_out_tongue:

App ke ilm mae bhi izafa huagaya naa :sunnyboy:

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Sure :)

Another way to use the phrase would be:

It was cold comfort knowing that others also did poorly on the exam.

Meaning:

It was of little consolation knowing that others also did poorly on the exam.

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help me :teary2:

fall in with :pullhair:
put up with :bummer:

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Sure :)

fall in with = to become involved with or to be in agreement with

  • To become involved with:

I hope she does not fall in with the wrong crowd.
I hope she does not*** become involved with*** the wrong crowd.

  • To be in agreement with:

The decorations fall in with my plan for the wedding.
The decorations are in agreement with my plan for the wedding.

put up with = to tolerate

We have had to put up with this rainy weather for the past week.

We have had to tolerate this rainy weather for the past week.

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^^ BARA wal HUG Thank you so much :bulbuli::jiia:


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No problem, Fariha. :):flower1:

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Cat’s paw
give the devil his due
in black and white
oily tongue
french leave
out at elbow
help me :confused:

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Cat’s paw
Meaning: Puppet
usage: Poor people easily become a cat’s paw in the hands of politicians.
Aisa shaks jis sy dosray apna matlab nikal lain

give the devil his due
meaning: pay the devil what you owe him
buray shaks ko bhe us ka haq do

in black and white
meaning: in written
tehreri shakal me
usage: The minister asked the agitating workers to present their demands in black and white.

oily tongue
meaning: psychophant, khushamdi ya khushamad krny wala
usage:You can win almost everyone with oily tongue

French leave
meaning: absence without permission, bghair ijazat k chutti lena

out at elbow
meaning: poorly dressed, phaty purany kaprun me

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Thank you micro :hug:

make sentence on muqqa :snooty: