compliment

One writer noted there was “no great compliment involved in having this spiteful looking object for a namesake.”

That in itself is a compliment of sorts to Clarke, who has hauled Scotland out of the international wilderness to be within touching distance of going to USA, Canada and Mexico next summer.

The two sides, who travelled to the venue together in the same bus, not only shook hands but also exchanged generous compliments.

When she tries to compliment his picturesque farmland, he curtly responds, “It’s nothing like the soil I knew when I was young.”

"He complimented me for putting pressure on the referee," said Hallgrimsson when asked about their touchline exchange.