To Pull a Mr. Fox
when you give a compliment, quickly followed by a rationalization of the circ-mstances, which takes away all the joy of the compliment.
origins of how “to pull a mr. fox”; from the fantastic mr. fox by roald dahl –
mr. fox to ms. fox: “by the way, you look unbelievably beautiful tonight. you’re practically glowing.” he then looks up and around him. “maybe it’s the lighting.”
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