It's just the right mix of compliment and insult to cause the right amount of confusion: Not enough to drive you to do something about it, but enough to have it inside your head rent-free for the rest of the week.
She'll be a very successful middle manager
This might be a backhanded compliment.
It's just the right mix of compliment and insult to cause the right amount of confusion: Not enough to drive you to do something about it, but enough to have it inside your head rent-free for the rest of the week.