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| backhanded compliment | zweifelhaftes Kompliment | ||||||
| backhanded compliment | zweischneidiges Kompliment | ||||||
| backhanded compliment - remark that sounds like a compliment but can be understood as an insult | indirekte Beleidigung, die als Kompliment formuliert ist | ||||||
| backhanded compliment - remark that sounds like an insult but can be understood as a compliment and vice versa | zweideutiges Kompliment | ||||||
Orthographically similar words | |
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| backhander | |
Forum discussions containing the search term | ||
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| backhanded compliment | Last post 09 Sep 10, 12:22 | |
| Wikipedia - biography of H.C. Andersen Shortly thereafter Dickens published David Copperfiel… | 6 Replies | |
| backhanded brag | Last post 19 Jun 09, 21:47 | |
| Every word she says about him is some kind of backhanded brag. Jonathan Franzen hinterhälti… | 2 Replies | |
| a backhanded gift | Last post 19 Nov 10, 08:26 | |
| I mean a gift that isn't really given without a catch. (Vorbehalt) Ein mit etwas Zögerung g… | 3 Replies | |
| left-handed compliment - ein zweifelhaftes Kompliment (unter der Gürtellinie, unfair) | Last post 17 Oct 14, 17:43 | |
| http://idioms.yourdictionary.com/left-handed-compliment left-handed compliment - idioms and p | 22 Replies | |
