Phrase Needed

[lankeela]

Got a mental block! What is the phrase which means someone has written something that looks like praise but is a thinly veiled criticism? Something like double edged sword but obviously not that. Help.

[Patsy33]

Duplicity?

[Prudie]

Backhanded compliment?

[Patsy33]

That sounds good Prudie

[Jackdaw33]

Damned with faint praise.

[Togo]

Jackdaw has it.

[lankeela]

Yes backhanded compliment is what I was thinking of but I also like damned with faint praise!

[JJ109]

I thought back-handed compliment was the opposite, something that sounds bad but is ctually good.

[JJ109]

I'm still learning!

[Togo]

Backhanded compliment Def. :What might at first sound like a compliment but could/should really be taken as an insult when considered in its entirety.

Damn with faint praise Def. :  to give praise without enthusiasm in a way that shows one really dislikes someone or something. William Shakespeare.. Hamlet's Last Soliloquy

[emmie]

damning with faint praise.