Geffen was combative, but in a complicated way: he used his combativeness to win his points, but he used his brashness, also, to bring himself to Ahmet's attention, so that there was a compliment implied in every demand he made, since the demand was for attention as well as money.
In a conversation about this with a friend, we noticed that often compliments are implied as superlative.
Being known as a "Cup team" is a mixed compliment, implying the ability to raise your game for one-off occasions, but never to sustain it.
It is, of course, a backhanded compliment, implying, as it does, a repudiation of the things that Malick has done since — as seen in the controversy that Malick's new film, "The Tree of Life," arouses.
A compliment implies that you're being watched closely on your performance, outfit, or some other aspect of your behavior.
Such "compliments" imply nothing about the inherent merit of the woman.
There was a type of compliment in that since it implied that Arsenal were still perceived as a club whose ranking was not really so distant from their own.
The initial outcomes of this study implied that e-mentoring is an alternative way to compliment face-to-face mentoring during the practicum.
Making expansive hand gestures that flattered viewers with an implied inclusiveness, a sense of give-and-take, Saddam paid the American character a high compliment: "On films, we see that the Americans are courageous.
