When something is too good to be true it usually is?
If it seems too good to be true, it probably is TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE. In other words, it probably is FALSE. if you observe a fact or situation that seems unlikely, then the likely explanation for you observing it is that there is something wrong with the fact or situation.
What’s another way of saying too good to be true?
Another idiom with a similar meaning is “beyond my wildest dreams”.
What does it mean to be true by definition?
1a(1) : being in accordance with the actual state of affairs true description. (2) : conformable to an essential reality.
Is too good to be true a idiom?
So excellent that it defies belief, as in She loves all her in-laws? That’s too good to be true. This term expresses the skeptical view that something so seemingly fine must have something wrong with it.
How can you say something true is true?
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- I’m sure..
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What is the state of being true?
the state or quality of being true; accordance with fact or reality: to question the verity of a statement. something that is true, as a principle, belief, idea, or statement: the eternal verities.
Is it to true or too true?
“Too true, too true” is a colloquialism that means “yeah, good point”. One might argue it’s “too true” (a colloquial British corruption of simply “true”) repeated for poetry. If one were to take it literally, then it might imply that the subject is truer than desired, but this is not a phrase that gets used literally.
What does the phrase’too good to be true’mean?
too ˌgood to be ˈtrue. used to say that you cannot believe that something is as good as it seems: ‘I’m afraid you were quoted the wrong price.’ ‘I thought it was too good to be true.’. See also: good, true.
Who is the author of too good to be true?
The term was part of the title of Thomas Lupton’s Sivquila; Too Good to be True (1580). The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
When did it become too good to be true?
This cautious view is undoubtedly even older than its first expression in English, in the sixteenth century. Nevertheless, it has been repeated in the same form ever since, with only such slight variations as Mark Twain’s, “It’s too good for true, honey, it’s too good for true” (Huckleberry Finn, 1884).
When did Shaw write Too Good to be true?
Shaw played on the expression in the title of his 1932 play Too True to Be Good. See also too much of a good thing. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, or visit the webmaster’s page for free fun content .