单词left-handed compliment
un.: 挖苦的恭维话
网络: 言不由衷的恭维话；左手的恭维话；假恭维
挖苦的恭维话
Esther smiled to herself at the left-handed compliment but understood well enough what her mother-in-law meant.
埃斯特听了这言不由衷的恭维话，心中暗自好笑，但她完全懂得婆婆的真正用意。
He gave her a left-handed compliment.
他虚情假意地恭维了她一句。