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(to) give the devil his due idiom said when you admit that someone you do not like or admire does have some good qualities: 平心而论,说句公道话 I don't like the man but - give the devil his due - he works incredibly hard.我不喜欢那个人,可是平心而论,他干起活儿来真是特别卖力。 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Showing respect and admiration admiration admire admiring admiringly approving approvingly forelock freedom fulsome fulsomely fulsomeness glorify grovelling pay your respectsidiom pedestal philogynist philogyny put someone on a pedestalidiom regild worshipful
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