Dutch comfort 不會使人感激的安慰
2023-05-29 13:55:26 每日學英語
Dutch comfort不是“荷蘭人的舒適”而是荷蘭式的安慰,即不會使人感激的安慰;聊以自慰的寬解;退一步想而得到的安慰,頗有點阿Q精神之意。英國人覺得荷蘭人不思進取,今日有酒今朝醉,只求一時舒服。
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After all it may have been worse; that's a bit of Dutch comfort.
結果可能更糟也未可知,這總算聊做安慰。
Thanks for the Dutch comfort, but unless you want to hire me or pay all my bills while I'm unemployed, things are legitimately terrible.
謝謝荷蘭的安慰,但除非你想雇用我或在我失業(yè)期間支付我所有的賬單,否則事情就太糟糕了。