Sentences with phrase «most backhanded»

(Also, I think most backhanded compliments stem from jealousy!!)
«My friend once gave me the most backhanded compliment.

Not exact matches

Posner offers religious conservatives a backhanded compliment, although most readers are likely to miss it.
FYI Lee's got the 3rd-most backhand goals in the league the last 3 years but most of those were definitely off rebounds / loose pucks or even breakaways (CHI).
But zinging a gorgeous backhand, deploying a diversified portfolio of shots and, most important, possessing unmatched reserves of determination, the Belgian came to rule women's tennis.
What I, and millions of others, loved most about her — more than her talent, grace and backhand — was how she radiated joy.
Jonathon Rosenbaum paid the legendary megaton bomb Sextette the ultimate backhanded compliment when he called it «the most chivalrous film ever made,» citing its willful obliviousness to the incongruous spectacle of the world's men falling over themselves to sleep with a then - octogenarian Mae West.
It's an attitude quickly embraced by newcomers, even those who once might have offered the city its most famous backhanded compliment: It's close to both San Francisco and Lake Tahoe.
But they did offer two obscure backhanded references — that «some private schools offer rigorous academics» and that «Catholic schools are among some of the most well - regarded and long - established private schools that take Florida's scholarships» — by way of presumably acknowledging that they steered clear of any school they thought might be high - performing.»
It merits two backhanded compliments: It's better than Volvo's terrible old system, and it's better than most touchscreen systems competitors offer.
Remember that the E30 M3 was a brass - knuckled backhand to the Mercedes - Benz 190E 2.3 - 16, and these two cars were embroiled in one of the most fervent racetrack rivalries of their time.
TIME magazine also described the new Tennis game as probably being the most fun and having excellent controls; the player can forehand, backhand, lob, and slice the ball with its very refined controls.
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