too good to be true

Idioms and Phrases

So excellent that it defies belief, as in She loves all her in-laws? That's too good to be true . This term expresses the skeptical view that something so seemingly fine must have something wrong with it. The term was part of the title of Thomas Lupton's Sivquila; Too Good to be True (1580).

Example Sentences

But in a quick look at eBay one finds plenty of too-good-to-be-true art auctions.

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She had no reason to trust this stranger and his too-good-to-be-true offer.

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As with all too-good-to-be-true mysteries, scientists have a simple explanation for this wall of wonder.

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Indeed, hydropower from Canada offers Americans an almost too-good-to-be-true source of energy.

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