WAEC - English Language (2008 - No. 29)
After each of the following sentences, a list of possible interpretations of the sentence is given. Choose the interpretation that you consider most appropriate for each sentence.
To give a bronze medal to the athlete who was deliberately intercepted on the track was cold comfort This means that the bronze medal was
To give a bronze medal to the athlete who was deliberately intercepted on the track was cold comfort This means that the bronze medal was
acceptable to him
too cold
not adequate compensation
rejected by him
Explicació
The phrase "cold comfort" means a small or inadequate consolation for a loss or unfair treatment. In this context, the athlete was deliberately intercepted (hindered unfairly), and giving them a bronze medal was not enough to make up for the injustice.