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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  • play with fire
  • skip it
  • keep (someone) up or keep up (someone)
  • arm and a leg
  • learn to live with (something)
  • part and parcel of (something)
  • use some elbow grease
  • hold out on (someone)
  • out of (something)
  • pick a lock


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