too good to be true
idiom
—used to say that something cannot be as good as it seems to be
The price of the car is too good to be true. There must be something wrong with it.
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This dish is simply too good to be true, with all of the right palate pleasers on board to satisfy.
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Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 20 Feb. 2025
The reader thought the offer was too good to be true, so investigated and uncovered evidence that a bot was actually running the Telegram account.
—Michael Kan, PCMAG, 12 Feb. 2025
If something feels off, like a job that sounds too good to be true, a random Teams message with a sketchy link or an interview that is just a chat, trust your instincts.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 10 Feb. 2025
In my dream scenario, the four of us come together à la Dee and Co. and do this whole thing, but that would be too good to be true.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 31 Jan. 2025
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Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 20 Feb. 2025
The reader thought the offer was too good to be true, so investigated and uncovered evidence that a bot was actually running the Telegram account.
—Michael Kan, PCMAG, 12 Feb. 2025
If something feels off, like a job that sounds too good to be true, a random Teams message with a sketchy link or an interview that is just a chat, trust your instincts.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 10 Feb. 2025
In my dream scenario, the four of us come together à la Dee and Co. and do this whole thing, but that would be too good to be true.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 31 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for too good to be true
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“Too good to be true.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/too%20good%20to%20be%20true. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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