fish for compliments



fish for compliments

to try to make someone praise you, often by criticizing yourself to them (usually in continuous tenses) Emma, you know you don't look fat in that dress. Are you fishing for compliments?
See also: compliment, fish

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Iachin-Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Liberius-Late Roman
Peppino-Italian
Ercanbald-Ancient Germanic
Jesse['dʒesi]
Rouben-Biblical Greek, Armenian