too good to be true

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Too good to be true means so attractive that it is probably a trick. It sounds too good to be true, if it seems too good to be true, it usually is.

It is the standard warning against a scam, and the full saying finishes with it usually is. It can also be sincere praise, said of something that turned out to be real.

Definitions of too good to be true

1phrasetoo good to be trueSo attractive that it is probably a trick.B2
“The rent was too good to be true and so was the landlord.”

too good to be true is a phrase.

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too good to be true

phraseB2Not compared — the two pools are counted one word at a time, so a phrase has no score

Too good to be true means so attractive that it is probably a trick. It sounds too good to be true, if it seems too good to be true, it usually is.

It is the standard warning against a scam, and the full saying finishes with it usually is. It can also be sincere praise, said of something that turned out to be real.

Definitions of too good to be true

1phrasetoo good to be trueSo attractive that it is probably a trick.B2
“The rent was too good to be true and so was the landlord.”

too good to be true is a phrase.

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