お世せ辞じにも

expression

by any standard; (not) even as flattery

Used with a negative predicate to mean 'even if one tried to flatter, it cannot be said that...' or 'by no stretch of the imagination'. Often translates as 'far from', 'anything but', or 'not exactly'.

• 彼かれの料りょう理りはお世せ辞じにも美味おいしいとは言いえない。

  His cooking is, to put it mildly, not delicious.

• あの映えい画がはお世せ辞じにも傑けっ作さくとは呼よべない。

  That movie is far from being a masterpiece.