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.

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Others may approach you around the time of the new moon in Virgo (September 2) with chances that seem a bit too good to be true. —

Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Nov. 2024 John is skeptical, finding all this a little too good to be true. —

Dennis Harvey, Variety, 29 Oct. 2024 Based on Gray’s original screenplay, the story is set to follow two brothers who pursue the American Dream—only to become entangled in a scheme that turns out to be too good to be true. —

Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 1 Nov. 2024 Moreover, do the 2020 presidential election deniers have anything in common with investors (and banks, too) who blindly followed Madoff—given that his returns were too good to be true, and given that there were plenty of red flags? —

Richard Behar, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for too good to be true

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