كيف تنطق "damn with faint praise"

expression

DAM with faynt prayz

التعريف

To criticize someone or something indirectly by giving only weak or insincere compliments that actually highlight faults.

الإنجليزية الأمريكية

ˈdæm/ /ˈwɪð/, /ˈwɪθ/, /wɪð/, /wɪθ/ /ˈfeɪnt/ /ˈpɹeɪz

الإنجليزية البريطانية

dˈæm/ /wˈɪð/ /fˈeɪnt/ /pɹˈeɪz

أمريكي

DAM with faynt prayz

بريطاني

DAM with faynt prayz

The review damned with faint praise by calling the movie "interesting."

She didn't want to insult him directly, so she damned with faint praise.

To damn with faint praise is to hide criticism inside a weak compliment.

He said my cooking was "not as bad as last time"—talk about damning with faint praise!