| 单词 | pay a compliment |
| 释义 | pay a compliment She says the old romantic often gives her flowers and pays her compliments. The Sun We are paid the compliment of being presumed to know what the poet knows. The Times Literary Supplement Of those watching from land, he observed, 'few ... failed of paying their compliments to me, by all manner of jests and insults'. The Times Literary Supplement The guide also suggests 'a gift a day' in the form of a kind gesture, such as paying a compliment or making a cup of tea. Times, Sunday Times On being paid a compliment on his tie, one of them smiles, boasting it cost him 1,000. Times, Sunday Times |
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