hard to please

Other forms: harder to please; hardest to please

Definitions of hard to please
  1. adjective
    (of persons) "his father was a hard-to-please taskmaster"
    “was very hard to please”
    synonyms: hard-to-please
    demanding
    requiring more than usually expected or thought due; especially great patience and effort and skill
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