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Contraposition Posted 10 years ago
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please
What does 'how hard you are to please' mean?
"What’s so special about her?”
“A lot of boys like her. Even you think she’s goodlooking, don’t you, and we all know how hard you are to please!”
“I wouldn’t touch a filthy little blood traitor like her whatever she looked like,”
"What’s so special about her?”
“A lot of boys like her. Even you think she’s goodlooking, don’t you, and we all know how hard you are to please!”
“I wouldn’t touch a filthy little blood traitor like her whatever she looked like,”
Top answer
"hard to please" is a set expression (in which "please" is a verb). e. they are fussy, demanding, etc.
- "hard to please" is a set expression (in which "please" is a verb).
- e.
- they are fussy, demanding, etc.
- "we all know how hard you are to please" literally means we know the extent to which you are 'hard to please', but in practice it is saying that we all know that you are (very) hard to please .
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"hard to please" is a set expression (in which "please" is a verb). If someone is "hard to please", it means that it is difficult to please them, i.e. they are fussy, demanding, etc.
"we all know how hard you are to please" literally means we know the extent to which you are 'hard to please', but in practice it is saying that we all know that you are (very) hard to please .
"we all know how hard you are to please" literally means we know the extent to which you are 'hard to please', but in practice it is saying that we all know that you are (very) hard to please .
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