nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American people

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nobody ever went broke underestimating the good taste of the American people nobody ever went broke underestimating the good taste of the American public nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public no one ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public no one ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American people

释义与例句

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  1. 1.

    Americans, as a group, do not have good taste or sophistication and can be easily amused or distracted to produce financial benefit for someone.

词源

Widely attributed to American author and social critic H. L. Mencken (1880–1956) but not found in his published works, so the source and original form of this expression are not known with certainty.

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