to damn with faint praise
1damn with faint praise — To condemn in effect by expressing too cool approval • • • Main Entry: ↑damn * * * damn with faint praise phrase to praise someone or something with such a lack of enthusiasm that it is obvious you do not think they are at all good Critics have… …
2Damn with faint praise — is an English idiom for words that effectively condemn by seeming to offer praise which is too moderate or marginal to be considered praise at all.[1] In other words, this phrase identifies the act of expressing a compliment so feeble that it… …
3damn with faint praise — ► damn with faint praise praise so unenthusiastically as to suggest condemnation. Main Entry: ↑damn …
4damn with faint praise — verb To provide praise that is so minimal or inconsequential as to actually amount to criticism. Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,/And without sneering teach the rest to sneer …
5damn with faint praise — damn (someone/something) with faint praise to show only slight approval for someone or something. By qualifying his support, you could argue he was damning these leaders with faint praise. Maybe I m damning them with faint praise, but the Yankees …
6damn with faint praise — to praise someone or something with such a lack of enthusiasm that it is obvious you do not think they are at all good Critics have damned the film with faint praise …
7damn with faint praise — praise so unenthusiastically as to imply condemnation. → damn …
8damn someone with faint praise — damn (someone/something) with faint praise to show only slight approval for someone or something. By qualifying his support, you could argue he was damning these leaders with faint praise. Maybe I m damning them with faint praise, but the Yankees …
9damn something with faint praise — damn (someone/something) with faint praise to show only slight approval for someone or something. By qualifying his support, you could argue he was damning these leaders with faint praise. Maybe I m damning them with faint praise, but the Yankees …
10damn somebody with faint praise — damn sb/sth with faint ˈpraise idiom to praise sb/sth only a little, in order to show that you do not really like them/it Main entry: ↑damnidiom …
