bless their heart
- southernToward the sunbelt
- sweetieFond nickname for someone
- condescendingSuperior and dismissive manner
- pitySympathy for misfortune
- charmAttractive personal quality
honey · darling · sympathetic · backhanded · naive · patronizing · sugar · well-meaning · simple · clueless · polite · shade · insult · drawl · genteel · kindly · poor thing · church
directness of criticism
bless their heartdumber than a box of rocks
Idiom for severe stupidity
brutally honest · telling it like it is · calling a spade a spade · no filter · not to put too fine a point on it