| 单词 | damn with faint praise |
| 释义 | damn with faint praisephrase See full dictionary entry for praiseIf someone damns something with faint praise, they say something about it which sounds quite nice but is not enthusiastic, and shows that they do not have a high opinion of it. Dominique damned it with faint praise :'It tastes quite good when you've lived inthe UK for 22 years. damn with faint praise in British Englishto praise so unenthusiastically that the effect is condemnation damn with faint praise in American English to praise with so little enthusiasm as, in effect, to condemn damn with faint praiseto say something about someone which sounds nice but which shows that you do not really have a high opinion of them In recent months he has consistently damned the government with faint praise, butearlier this week he issued an appeal for continuity. |
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