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too good to be true

too good to be true phrase: appearing to be exceptionally good, and therefore arousing suspicion of illegitimacy.

Phrase

too good to be true

  1. (idiomatic) Appearing to be exceptionally good, and therefore arousing suspicion of illegitimacy.
    • He wants to give you two million dollars? That's just too good to be true!
    • Remember the old saying that if something looks too good to be true, then it almost certainly is?2021 December 1, Nigel Harris, “IRP snuffs out 'levelling up'”, in RAIL, number 945, page 3

Synonyms of too good to be true

Questions about too good to be true

What does too good to be true mean?
Too good to be true means appearing to be exceptionally good, and therefore arousing suspicion of illegitimacy.
What part of speech is too good to be true?
Too good to be true is a phrase.

Words near too good to be true in the dictionary

  1. too close to the sun
  2. Too Cool
  3. too cool for school
  4. too far gone
  5. too good for this world
  6. too good to be true
  7. too good to last
  8. too hard basket
  9. too hard baskets
  10. too hot to handle
  11. too hot to hold

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