| 单词 | to praise with faint damns |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto praise with faint damns (c) [After to damn with faint praise at damn v. Phrases 4.] to praise with faint damns: to criticize half-heartedly, esp. so as to imply praise. ΚΠ 1885 H. A. Beers Nathaniel Parker Willis v. 194 The former accordingly greeted his book with warm approval, and the latter praised it with faint damns. 1937 Times 28 May 8/1 Lord Cranworth said that he regretted having to join the chorus which had damned the Bill with faint praise. He proposed to praise it with faint damns. 2004 Sunday Tel. (Nexis) 24 Oct. (Sport section) 5 Although he has won 35 caps under Sven-Goran Eriksson..for most of those appearances he was praised with faint damns. < as lemmas |
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