English Dictionary

nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people

ことわざ

Americans, as a group, are not especially intelligent and can be readily entertained or fooled to produce financial benefit for someone.

日本語の意味

アメリカ人全体は特に賢いわけではなく、その知性を過小評価することで、容易に騙されたり利用されたりし、他者に経済的利益をもたらす状況が生じるという意味です。

意味（1）

Americans, as a group, are not especially intelligent and can be readily entertained or fooled to produce financial benefit for someone.

Ed Wood was a backwards genius, he set out to make horror movies and he didn’t know how to do it. . . . Mencken said, “Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people.” Well, Ed Wood did go broke by underestimating their intelligence.