<entry id="1988351" stat="D" corpus="jmdict" type="jmdict">
<ent_corp type="jmdict">jmdict</ent_corp>
<ent_seq>2670900</ent_seq>
<k_ele>
<keb>お世辞にもうまいとは言えない</keb>
</k_ele>
<k_ele>
<keb>お世辞にもうまいとはいえない</keb>
</k_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>おせじにもうまいとはいえない</reb>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&exp;</pos>
<pos>&adj-i;</pos>
<gloss>With the best will in the world, you can't say that it's good</gloss>
</sense>
<info>
<audit time="2011-12-08 12:19:48" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Nils Roland Barth</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>Same essay. （群ようこ）</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>GG5 お世辞</upd_refs>
</audit>
<audit time="2011-12-10 08:35:12" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>80k hits.</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/leaf/je2/8459/m0u/%E3%81%8A%E3%81%9B/ (down the bottom)</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -16,1 +16,1 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;even to be nice, you can't say that it's good&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;With the best will in the world, you can't say that it's good&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2018-10-07 09:35:03" stat="D" unap="true">
<upd_uid>Marcus</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Marcus Richert</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>I don't think this should be an entry. We already have お世辞にも. This is also tricky to gloss because it could refer 
both to food not being good and to a person not being good at something.</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>km
お世辞にもうまい	6
お世辞にも	7969</upd_refs>
</audit>
<audit time="2018-10-07 11:08:09" stat="D">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>I agree. It's rather useless.</upd_detl>
</audit>
</info>
</entry>