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Noun Concept
Categories: English-language idioms, Linguistic controversies
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damning with faint praise  damn with faint praise  Damned with faint praise  Damning by faint praise
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Damning with faint praise is an English idiom, expressing oxymoronically that half-hearted or insincere praise may act as oblique criticism or condemnation. Wikipedia
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Damning with faint praise is an English idiom, expressing oxymoronically that half-hearted or insincere praise may act as oblique criticism or condemnation. Wikipedia
English idiom Wikidata
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idiom
praise
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damning with faint praise
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Damning with faint praise
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damn with faint praise, Damned with faint praise, Damning by faint praise

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