left-handed compliment

The bid to buff up Mr. Biden’s image while reclaiming “Let’s go, Brandon” from the right earned a left-handed compliment last weekend from conservative commentator Ben Shapiro.

It may be a left-handed compliment to say that “Berlin, I Love You” features no real duds even if some entries are disappointing.

Talk about a left-handed compliment.

Melissa, take all this as a left-handed compliment: You were too good for them, you and a slew of sharp, professional people that they also got rid of.

It’s a big claim on one hand and on the other, a left-handed compliment.