too good to be true
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).
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Words nearby too good to be true
too big for one's britches, too close for comfort, too close to call, toodle-oo, Tooele, too good to be true, took, Tooke, tool, toolbar, toolbox
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Example sentences from the Web for too good to be true
But in a quick look at eBay one finds plenty of too-good-to-be-true art auctions.
She had no reason to trust this stranger and his too-good-to-be-true offer.
How An Israeli Stranger Helped An Ethiopian Girl Escape Prostitution|Itay Hod|February 9, 2014|DAILY BEASTAs with all too-good-to-be-true mysteries, scientists have a simple explanation for this wall of wonder.