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a Job's comforter

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a Job's comforter

  (old-fashioned)

someone who tries to make you feel happier but makes you feel worse instead

Usage notes: Job was a character in the Bible who had a lot of bad things happen to him.

She's a real Job's comforter. She keeps telling me I'm going to die soon anyway so I shouldn't worry about anything.

See also: comforter