Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

damning

Spanish translation:

que condenan/desacreditan con elogios sutiles

Added to glossary by Adriana de Groote
Apr 2, 2007 03:32
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English term

damning

English to Spanish Art/Literary Religion teosofia
Podrían ayudarme con el significado de damning? Gracias!
; little hints and remarks, "damning with faint praise," being thrown out now and again - a well-known form of "suggestion."

pequeñas indirectas y comentarios, “que pretenden desacreditar a través de alabanzas sutiles”,

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que condenan/desacreditan con elogios sutiles

Yo no le pondría el "pretenden", pues no lo dice ni lo implica.
Peer comment(s):

agree Robert Copeland
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¡Muchas gracias y saludos!
agree Lydia De Jorge
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¡Muchas gracias y saludos!
agree patricia scott
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¡Muchas gracias y saludos!
agree jjjjj
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¡Muchas gracias y saludos!
agree Cándida Artime Peñeñori
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¡Muchas gracias y saludos!
agree Anabel Canon : Me gusta "desacreditan con elogios sutiles"; damn someone/something with faint praise: to praise something or someone in such a weak way that it is obvious you do not really admire them (http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/damning with faint prais...
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Muchas gracias por la referencia. ¡Un gran saludo!
agree Refugio : As Alexander Pope, who coined the phrase, put it: "without sneering, teach the rest to sneer".
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Thanks, Ruth!
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