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Old 17-11-04, 03:21 PM
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damned by faint praise
I've often heard, and used, the term "damned by faint praise"; yesterday I heard perhaps the best example of this ever:

Condoleeza Rice, she of oil-tanker fame, was described on the PM program on R4 as having taught GW "all he knows" about foreign policy.

Now then, I must get back to work - I'm trying to live up to my last performance review which said that my "quality of work is immeasurable".
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