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

Laughing, he said, "This is too good to be true."

From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026

When life hasn’t gone your way for years, an investment that’s too good to be true feels like the answer to your prayers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026

It seems too good to be true, and it almost made me feel like I would be stupid not to invest — which, of course, made me very, very suspicious.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 12, 2026

It wasn’t too good to be true, but it was too good to remain true.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026

It was too good to be true that he hadn’t showed.

From "The Season of Styx Malone" by Kekla Magoon