āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
lefthanded compliment
/lËÉfthandÉĒd kËÉmplÉĒmÉnt/
left-handed compliment
Lefthanded compliment
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āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇāĻžāĻā§āĻ¤ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻļāĻāĻ¸āĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻĒāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻļāĻāĻ¸āĻž
a sarcastic comment made to seemingly praise someone but actually intended as an insult
Dialect
American
American
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Right in the middle of the review is a left-handed compliment: the critic praises the actor for his " startling career departure. "
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āĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° "āĻāĻļā§āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻāĻ¨āĻ āĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻ¨" āĻāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻļāĻāĻ¸āĻž āĻāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
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