Having to please everybody Posted by Jerry Vaughn
on November 20, 1999
Does anyone know of an expression that would go something like
this: "pleasing Greeks and Trojans" to mean that one has to please
everybody. The idea behind this concept is that sometimes, in order
to be politically correct, "one would have to please everybody and
his cousin." Since my wife and I are bilingual and speak two languages
daily, good old expressions, modisms, slangs, regionalism, etc.,
are soon forgotten or never learned. Thanks for any feedback.
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