Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom left handed compliment ........

English Language (CHSL) Idiom & Phrases

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom

left-handed compliment

praise that is given directly

insulting someone in front of others

insulting remark appearing as praise

making fun of someone to tease them

The idiom 'a left-handed compliment' is used as an insult in the guise of an expression of praise.

We can use the idiom in the following sentence:

She said she liked my hair, but it turned out to be a left-handed compliment when she asked how long I'd been dyeing it .

This expression uses left-handed in the sense of "questionable or doubtful".

Hence otpion 3 is the correct answer.

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