too good to be true

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).

Example Sentences

When we discovered Cuenca during our internet research, its description checked all the boxes on our wishlist and seemed too good to be true.

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That outcome looks too good to be true, and it probably is.

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The technology sounded too good to be true to him, given its supposed date of deployment.

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"One of the best feelings ever. This group, the staff, everyone deserves it. Too good to be true, honestly. I don't know what I did for my celebration. What a night."

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And in the face of continuous shortages, the bounty of fresh produce seemed too good to be true.

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