If one hears that a child is in an "elite school", an "elite class", their homeroom teacher is "strict", or that the child is putting undue stress on himself/herself by taking additional classes, other parents usually respond with full-hearted compliments to this "other people's child", as if already seeing with a glance the bright future this good, hard-working kid is exchanging for his/her childhood.

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hailed what he called Mr. Trump's bold decision.

Is that a compliment? How is it that I'm not any happier after hearing it?

Wang Xiao Mei! I seem to sense some admiration in your tone. Don't tell me you want to head to that hotel with your husband!

What the heck are you talking about? I thought it was the impracticality of this battery-swapping network that was the source of criticism for the company, but you can't stop singing its praises. Are you being serious?

Thank you for your appreciation. In order to make effective use of time, I rehearsed several times to make sure not to talk too much nonsense.

“A blind cat meets a dead mouse” means incompetent people are in luck. This is not used to compliment others, but to speak ill of them.