damn someone with faint praise
成語所屬單字faint
damn someone with faint praise — 慣用語
1. to praise someone in such a weak or unenthusiastic way that it actually shows di
1.慣用語
釋義
以冷淡的讚美貶低某人
to praise someone in such a weak or unenthusiastic way that it actually shows disapproval or criticism.
例句
When the reviewer called the novel 'passable', she was really damning it with faint praise.
Yusuf felt his boss had damned his report with faint praise by calling it 'adequate'.