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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For someone living with a condition that is still routinely dismissed or met with disbelief, having the presumptive head of the Department of Health and Human Services not only acknowledge Long Covid, but agree to promote research on it sounds too good to be true.
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Elizabeth Yuko, Rolling Stone, 30 Jan. 2025
One good rule of thumb is that health hacks that promise quick fixes are almost always too good to be true.
—Aimee Pugh Bernard, The Conversation, 28 Jan. 2025
Sure, romance movies and novels may sound too good to be true.
—Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 24 Jan. 2025
That Miami’s ‘25 season opens at home vs. the Fighting Irish seems almost too good to be true.
—Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 15 Jan. 2025
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Elizabeth Yuko, Rolling Stone, 30 Jan. 2025
One good rule of thumb is that health hacks that promise quick fixes are almost always too good to be true.
—Aimee Pugh Bernard, The Conversation, 28 Jan. 2025
Sure, romance movies and novels may sound too good to be true.
—Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 24 Jan. 2025
That Miami’s ‘25 season opens at home vs. the Fighting Irish seems almost too good to be true.
—Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 15 Jan. 2025
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“Too good to be true.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/too%20good%20to%20be%20true. Accessed 5 Feb. 2025.
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