too good to be true

idiom

—used to say that something cannot be as good as it seems to be

The price of the car is too good to be true. There must be something wrong with it.

Examples of too good to be true in a Sentence

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Davey Winder, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024 Jack and the Dude Seeing two classic L.A. sunshine noirs back to back — in new transfers, in one of the best rooms in town — seems too good to be true. —

Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2024 However it’s described, the benefit this setting claims to offer—a cheaper way to reach and hold your set-point temperature—seems too good to be true. —

Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 9 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for too good to be true

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