backhanded compliment

短语

发音

AU

词形变化

backhanded compliments 复数 backhanded compliments

别名

back-handed compliment

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An insult disguised as a compliment; a compliment which can be interpreted as an insult.

    习语

词源

Compound of backhanded + compliment. Similar figurative uses of backhanded are attested from at least the early 19th century.

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