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单词 Job's comforter
释义

Job's comforter

English

Etymology

From the Bible Job 16.2 where Job's supposed friends offered advice that was not helpful.

Noun

Job's comforter (plural Job's comforters)

  1. A person who, in trying to offer help or advice, says something that simply adds to the distress.
    Only a Job's comforter would try to argue that yesterday's stock fall announcement could bring anything good.
  2. (obsolete, slang) A boil.
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