pay (someone or something) a compliment

To give someone praise, especially for a specific accomplishment or trait. He paid the chef a compliment for the delicious soufflé. I don't really like it when people pay me a compliment for my appearance—I never know how to react.

pay a compliment

Express praise or commendation to someone, as in Meredith wanted to pay Christopher a compliment so she told him she liked his new haircut . This expression uses pay in the sense of "give something that is due." [c. 1700]

词组	pay (someone or something) a compliment
释义	pay (someone or something) a compliment pay (someone or something) a compliment To give someone praise, especially for a specific accomplishment or trait. He paid the chef a compliment for the delicious soufflé. I don't really like it when people pay me a compliment for my appearance—I never know how to react. See also: compliment, pay Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. pay a compliment Express praise or commendation to someone, as in Meredith wanted to pay Christopher a compliment so she told him she liked his new haircut . This expression uses pay in the sense of "give something that is due." [c. 1700] See also: compliment, pay The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. See also: pay a compliment to (someone or something) there was/is something about (someone or something) there's something about (someone or something) there's something about somebody/something inherit (something) from (someone) inherit from as (something) as they come as as they come as clever, stupid, etc. as they come ungrateful
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