Left-handed compliment
言不由衷(或挖苦人)的恭維話
?? 詞語組成解析
left
[l?ft]
adj. 左邊的，左側的;左派的;
n. 左，左面;[軍]左翼;左派，激進分子;
adv. 向左;在左邊;
v. 離開( leave的過去式和過去分詞);
a. 有手的, 用手的
compliment
['kɑmpl?m?nt]
n. 恭維;敬意;道賀，賀詞;致意;
vt. 向…道賀;稱贊;向…致意;
com全部+pli滿，填滿+ment名詞后綴→[讓人]+分滿足→恭維[別人]
??? 情景例句
paint, brushes, ladders, lamps, et cetera.
油漆， 刷子 ，梯子， 燈等等。
Thanks guys, you won the games for us.
謝謝大家，能贏得比賽，委實是托大家的福。
Everyone went to the funeral, for the 'ghost' was none other than Eric Cox, a third brother who was supposed to have died as a young man.
大家都去參加了葬禮，因為那“鬼”不是別人，正是農場主的兄弟埃里克。考科斯。人們以為埃里克年輕時就死了。