单词 | back-handed compliment |
释义 | back-handed complimentback-handed compliment British EnglishBrE, left-handed compliment American EnglishINSULT something that someone says to you which is nice and not nice at the same time 暗含讥讽的恭维,亦夸亦损的话 ‘You’ve got a brain. Try using it.’ ‘Thanks for the back-handed compliment!’ “你脑袋很聪明,要用一用呀。”“谢谢啦,你这是明褒暗损啊!” Examples from the Corpus back-handed compliment• It's a back-handed compliment really, you know. → back-handed compliment at compliment1(7) |
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