cold comfort

Etymology
Popularized by in The Taming of the Shrew, see quotations.

Noun

 * 1)  Much less reassurance, consolation, aid, or pleasure than one needs or desires.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 不起作用的安慰
 * Finnish: laiha lohtu
 * German: schwacher Trost
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: brachán ó aréir
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: сла́бое утеше́ние
 * Welsh: cysur bach