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best pleased

Meaning

best pleased

(Britain, idiomatic, with negative) displeased, upset, disgruntled

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Examples

Madame was not best pleased at being contradicted on a professional matter, and when Madame lost her temper you usually found it afterwards in the bill. Saki

I believe it will be found that those who marry late Are best pleased with their children, and those who marry early with their partners. Samuel Johnson

He that sings himself is the best pleased. Danish Proverb

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