That's a backhanded compliment, if I've ever heard one.

如果我听过的话，这是一种讽刺性的赞美。

So, he's really sort of criticizing Gerard for not finishing college, that's why it's a backhanded compliment.

所以， 他实际上是在批评杰拉德没有完成大学学业，这就是为什么这是一种讽刺性的恭维。

When we explained some of Trump's criticism to this finance student Simon Xu, he thought some of it might actually be a backhanded compliment.

当我们向这位金融学生徐先生解释了一些特朗普的批评言论，他认为其中的一些有可能是讽刺挖苦下的恭维。

For example, you say to your girlfriend, " You look so much better today." This is a backhanded compliment because what you're really saying is that you didn't look very good yesterday.

例如，你对你的女朋友说：“你今天看起来好多了。这是一种反手的恭维，因为你真正想说的是你昨天看起来不太好。