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]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Ambrosia	-	Ancient Greek
Vered	-	Hebrew
AdÈLe	a-DEL	French
Chiamaka	-	Western African, Igbo
Piet	PEET	Dutch
Ea (1)	-	Near Eastern Mythology