- nasty-nice
- adjUnkind in a polite way; disagreeable while pretending to be gracious.
The bus driver has a nasty-nice way of showing his dislike.
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
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