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Meanings of backhanded compliment in English

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Usage of backhanded compliment in English
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Perhaps journalists love the phrase because it is such a backhanded compliment.
The Guardian
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Abdicate. However, the conservative did have one backhanded compliment for the Duchess.
News.com.au
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Peugeot's Frank Montagny acknowledged the competition with a backhanded compliment: I was surprised.
The Guardian
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The sheik overlooked this backhanded compliment about his interrogation techniques and nodded thoughtfully.
Man in the Middle
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Which is such a backhanded compliment because it means what does that even mean?
Wired
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This could be taken as something of a backhanded compliment.
The Irish Times
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America loves winners so I took it as a bit of a backhanded compliment.
The Guardian
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A backhanded compliment maybe, but a compliment none the less.
The Guardian
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Though it was a backhanded compliment, Liam relished it anyway.
The mighty quinns: liam
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His last comment had come across as a backhanded compliment if she'd ever heard one.
Don't cry
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This is the most backhanded compliment I've ever received.
The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow ...
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He listed Jimmy Barnes and Birds of Tokyo before giving a backhanded compliment to Goodrem.
News.com.au
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Meant to wound, "Perfidious Albion" sometimes feels like a backhanded compliment.
The Irish Times
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A backhanded compliment of the acutest nature is credited to Lincoln as a lawyer and gentleman.
The Lincoln Story Book / A Judicious Collection of the Best Stor...
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CJ nodded, seeming to understand the backhanded compliment.
Hunter's moon: a novel
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You know how people give a backhanded compliment?
Ebony
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Backhanded compliment across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common