Job's comforter


Pessimo consolatore


Meanings
Smn who, while trying to comfort someone, makes him feel more unhappy and ditressed

Examples
You are a real Job's comforter! I don't need you to tell me I'm in deep shit!
Bel consolatore che sei! Non ho certo bisogno che anche tu mi faccia notare che sono nella merda più completa!

Origin
This term has been in use since at least 1738, and it refers to Biblical Job. He had three so-called friends, who tried to console him while telling him that his sorrowful situation was due to his own disobedience to God, so he said: "I have heard many such things: miserable comforters are ye all" (Job, 16:2)