Compliment
121pay someone a compliment — to say something nice about someone or to someone …
122rengainer son compliment — , ou rengainer son objet Remettre son membre dans sa culotte; ne pas pousser plus loin l’aventure. ... J’entends quelqu’un venir..... Rengaine ton objet... LOUIS PROTAT …
123left-handed compliment — Praise that is in fact subtle dispraise …
124Better man never stood in two shoes — compliment …
125complement — compliment …
126To make one's compliments to — Compliment Com pli*ment, n. [F. compliment. It complimento, fr. comlire to compliment, finish, suit, fr. L. complere to fill up. See {Complete}, and cf. {Complement}.] An expression, by word or act, of approbation, regard, confidence, civility,… …
127complement — , compliment/complementary, complimentary The words come from the same Latin root, complere, meaning to fill up, but have long had separate meanings. Compliment means to praise. Complement has stayed closer to the original meaning: it means to… …
128send a bouquet — compliment a person, announce a compliment I would like send a bouquet to the volunteers at the Food Bank …