"Why did you have to add that? That is what I call a back handed
compliment."
what does that phrase mean?
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what does that phrase mean?
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back handed compliment
"Why did you have to add that? That is what I call a back handed
compliment." what does that phrase mean?
A back-handed compliment is something that sounds like a compliment, but is really a subtle criticism or insult. (To back-hand someone is to slap them across the face with the back of the hand.)
Example: "You look really nice, for once." "You look really nice" is usually a compliment, but the "for once" implies that this is a rare occasion; usually you look like shit.
Uriel, that is treason, why are you helping a Nazi, don't you know abc is a Nazi. He pays homage to Adolf Hitler every d-day, and he has a swastika tattoo on his left arm and chest.
You will sometimes also see the term left-handed compliment, coming from the idea that anything "left-handed" is bad (from the Latin, sinister; doesn't literally apply to people who have their left hand as their dominant hand).
Great!!, so this site is also a site where Nazis can learn English, or maybe Uriel is also a Nazi, now we have two Nazis, Uriel and abc.
Uriel (aka Ueinzreich the Nazi).
Thanx Uriel. Great explanation
Guest, thanx for your explanation too. but i think what was meant by that sentence was what Uriel explained |