Dutch comfort 不会使人感激的安慰
2023-05-29 13:55:26 每日学英语
Dutch comfort不是“荷兰人的舒适”而是荷兰式的安慰，即不会使人感激的安慰；聊以自慰的宽解；退一步想而得到的安慰，颇有点阿Q精神之意。英国人觉得荷兰人不思进取，今日有酒今朝醉，只求一时舒服。
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After all it may have been worse; that's a bit of Dutch comfort.
结果可能更糟也未可知，这总算聊做安慰。
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.
谢谢荷兰的安慰，但除非你想雇用我或在我失业期间支付我所有的账单，否则事情就太糟糕了。