And maybe given me some kind of backhanded compliment at the same time.

With that backhanded compliment she turned and started up the stairs.

A backhanded compliment I am sure he would approve of.

If so, they have paid the composer a backhanded compliment.

Nor is she happy with the backhanded compliment: "You're pretty good for a girl."

All these backhanded compliments I took to mean that we were cheap.

And the letter writers are masters at the backhanded compliment.

I didn't want that getting back to Sykes, even as a backhanded compliment.

She was beginning to acquire a taste for backhanded compliments.

I guess that is a backhanded compliment,' she said.

The girl doesn't realize it, but she just got a backhanded compliment in that insult.

He'd have to remember to tease Jenny about that backhanded compliment.

In her case, "She's got a great personality" isn't a backhanded compliment.

He added: "On the other hand, you can take it as a backhanded compliment that we're having an impact.

"That's a backhanded compliment if ever I heard one."

So it's kind of a backhanded compliment I suppose.

"We always get backhanded compliments like that," she said.

She deserves a little more than backhanded compliments, though.

In fact, the statement turns out to be a kind of a backhanded compliment:

This backhanded compliment is, in fact, a tribute to the imagination and commitment of community educators.

Coming from me, teasing is a backhanded compliment, and you'd better get used to the idea.'

Teufel didn't flinch from the challenge or the backhanded compliment.

This is the kind of backhanded compliment that sounds like no compliment at all.

And that's not a backhanded compliment - because nobody ever had a better backhand than you."

But the children's apparent misbehavior is, paradoxically, a backhanded compliment.