damn someone with faint praise
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damn someone with faint praise — idiom
1. to praise someone in such a weak or unenthusiastic way that it actually shows di
1.idiom
Definition
to praise someone in such a weak or unenthusiastic way that it actually shows disapproval or criticism.
Example
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'.