That's a backhanded show of appreciation, but I'll take it.
Ce n,est pas ce à quoi je m,attendais, mais ça ira.
That was such a backhanded compliment.
C'était un compliment.
That's backhanded, no? Uh-uh.
C'est déloyal non ?
That sounds a little backhanded.
Quel compliment à double tranchant.
It is typical that an important subject such as this should so often be the product of so much backhanded scheming.
Il est courant qu’un sujet d’une telle importance résulte souvent d’intrigues malhonnêtes aussi nombreuses.
He backhanded me a few times, and then he got on me, and he wouldn't let up until he finished.
Il m'a gifler quelques fois, puis il est monté sur moi, et il n'a pas arrêté avant d'avoir fini.
He backhanded me a few times, and then he got on me, And he wouldn't let up until he finished.
Il m'a gifler quelques fois, puis il est monté sur moi, et il n'a pas arrêté avant d'avoir fini.
Doug backhanded the man, making him fall to the ground.
Doug donna un revers à l'homme, le faisant tomber par terre.
Martin was too self-centered to realize that what Anita said was actually a backhanded compliment.
Martin était trop égocentrique pour se rendre compte que ce qu’Anita avait dit était en réalité un compliment ambigu.
They asked Dave to say something nice about her, and he offered a backhanded compliment.
Ils ont demandé à Dave de dire quelque chose de gentil à son sujet, et il a fait un compliment ambigu.
I'm sorry you're too stupid to understand. - What kind of a backhanded apology is that!?
Je suis désolé que tu sois trop stupide pour comprendre. — Quelle sorte d'excuse à double tranchant est-ce là !?
Billy said something rude to Lorena and she knocked him over with a single backhanded blow.
Billy a dit quelque chose de grossier à Lorena et elle l’a renversé d’un seul coup de revers.
That was such a backhanded compliment.
C'est censé être un compliment.
That was such a backhanded compliment.
C'était juste un compliment.
That was such a backhanded compliment.
C'était un compliment.
That was such a backhanded compliment.
C'est un compliment, bien sûr.
That was such a backhanded compliment.
- C'était un compliment.
Well, I will take that as a backhanded compliment that I look too young to be a mother.
Je vais prendre ça pour un compliment ambigu, que j'ai l'air trop jeune pour être mère.
Ted told you I didn't go to college, So now you're giving me a cute, little backhanded slap.
Ted t'a dit que je ne suis pas allée à la fac, donc tu me donnes une gentille, petite claque dans le dos.
Really big rocks, like stepping-stone sized, can sometimes be skipped using the backhanded method with both hands, but they don't go as far.
Les très grosses pierres peuvent parfois être utilisées pour les ricochets en utilisant la technique du revers avec les deux mains, mais elles n’iront pas bien loin.
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