too good to be true

Idioms  

1. 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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too good to be true

“And if a price seems too good to be true, the quality may not be what you expect.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026

"If you think it's too good to be true,"he said, "it's too good to be true."

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

Savor a celebrity rumor that was too good to be true: For a moment this week, it seemed like Channing Tatum was using a burner Instagram account to leave snarky comments on his ex’s posts.

From Slate ● Sep. 24, 2026

Analysts’ models are assuming new efficiencies, but some of the numbers look too good to be true.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

That things that seem too good to be true always are, without exception, too good to be true.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

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