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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The irony, though fitting, is probably too good to be true. —

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Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2024 Both employees and employers need to: Be skeptical of content that seems too good to be true. —

Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 2 Dec. 2024 After some preliminary research, the client grew concerned the offer was too good to be true and enlisted Wealth-X, which determined that a photograph the donor sent of himself with the King of Spain was fake. —

Mary Holland, Robb Report, 1 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for too good to be true

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