Sentences with phrase «as backhanded a compliment»

I have been accused of being a linear thinker as a backhanded compliment as well.

That's meant not as a backhanded compliment but as an acknowledgement that good sci - fi is hard to come by, and that impressive world - building rarely segues into sophisticated storytelling grounded in novel ideas.

It's often deployed as a backhanded compliment, a way of stating that the movie isn't necessarily good but its mere existence is enough for a built - in audience who are content just to see their favorite characters on the silver screen; think the middling Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice or the aggressively underwhelming X-Men: Apocalypse.

In the same way as backhanded compliments are flattering, driving the 2015 Toyota Yaris is fun.

There have been a few times at the Goon Central board where Drip Guy has put forward words that could be interpreted as backhanded compliments of me (mixed in with heavy helpings of abuse).

Of course, that's not intended as a backhanded compliment.

is always useful as a backhanded compliment when you can't think of anything encouraging to say about the art itself.

Not exact matches

He meant this as a compliment, I was sure, even with the backhanded swipe at my faith, and I was glad to accept it as such.

Such a backhanded compliment pays homage to the newfound professionalism of CCM, as compared to the atrocious production standards that marked the music for its first two decades.

Some describe this England under - 17 side as the «new golden generation» for England, a thinly veiled backhanded compliment alluding to the fact that a side containing Michael Owen, David Beckham, Steven Gerrard, Frank Lampard and a young Wayne Rooney failed to perform on the biggest stages.

She did as well as anyone in her position has done over the last 30 - odd years (this is, at best, a backhanded compliment).

I hate particularly backhanded compliments and passive aggressive attitude, as they're more difficult to manage!.

Much as I love Ms. Bradshaw I can't tell if that is meant as a true compliment or a backhanded one.

To call a movie «airy» and «slight» is a backhanded compliment at best, but in reference to such an inconsequential and inconsistent piece, «not bad» is as much of an endorsement as I can give it.

He also touches on the casting of the first zombie, describing the actor's features as «rectilinear» and «disjointed» — which, to me, is probably something like the very definition of a backhanded compliment.