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Re:Anxiety and burnout: why kids are consumed with worry by thisismyswamp on Thursday January 10, 2019 @06:13PM (#18879418)
What do you mean by cold comfort?
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Re:Anxiety and burnout: why kids are consumed with worry by lazyasciiart on Thursday January 10, 2019 @11:49PM (#18881085)
It's a phrase meaning basically "is no comfort".
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Re:Anxiety and burnout: why kids are consumed with worry by cordonbleu on Thursday January 10, 2019 @11:53PM (#18881102)
this reminds me of the "cold shoulder" when someone of ill repute came to dine they would be given the cold shoulder, a gristly fatty hunk of bone and maybe some meat, left unheated and tossed to the not quite welcome guest.
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Re:Anxiety and burnout: why kids are consumed with worry by DyslexicAtheist on Friday January 11, 2019 @05:25AM (#18882380)
interesting! I had no idea. there are probably hundreds of proverbs which I don't actually know the origin. Must get myself some book on this. It is really a basic knowledge which we happily forget over time.
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