left-handed compliment

短语

言不由衷(或挖苦人)的恭维话

发音

AU

词形变化

left-handed compliments 复数 left-handed compliments

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A complimentary remark which is ambiguous or ineptly worded, so that it may be interpreted as having an unflattering or dismissive sense.

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