Idioms

pay (someone) a back-handed compliment
to give someone a false compliment that is really an insult
The woman paid her colleague a back-handed compliment when she told her what a good job she was doing.

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  • pay (someone) a compliment
  • pay (someone) off or pay off (someone)
  • pay (someone) respect
  • pay a call on (someone)
  • pay a king's ransom for (something)
  • pay an arm and a leg (for something)
  • pay as you go
  • pay attention to (someone or something)
  • pay dirt
  • pay for (something)
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  • shake in one's boots
  • in cahoots with (someone)
  • music to one's ears
  • go over well with (someone)
  • divide (something) fifty-fifty
  • throw one's hands up in horror
  • burst onto the scene
  • heads will roll
  • to no avail
  • step on it


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