be difficult to please
Frequency: 8.015.2 per million words
not easy to satisfy or make happy
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Examples (10)
- Some children are very difficult to please.
- She's such a perfectionist; she's always difficult to please.
- His boss is notoriously difficult to please when it comes to deadlines.
- It can be difficult to please everyone in a large group.
- After receiving a promotion, he became even more difficult to please.
- The new client proved to be quite difficult to please with their specific demands.
- Don't try too hard; some people are just difficult to please.
- My grandmother has always been difficult to please, especially with her food.
- He finds it difficult to please his parents despite all his efforts.
- A true artist is often difficult to please with their own work.