expecations

come up to (one's) expectations

To be as good as or have the qualities that someone predicted, expected, or hoped for. We'd heard so many good things about the new restaurant, but the food didn't come up to our expectations at all, so we were rather disappointed. I'm so excited for the movie in the series—I hope it comes up to my expectations!
See also: come, expectation, up

live up to (someone's) expectations

To be as good as or have the qualities that someone predicted, expected, or hoped for. We'd heard so many good things about the new restaurant, but the food didn't live up to our expectations at all. I'm so excited for the latest movie in the series—I hope it lives up to my expectations!
See also: expectation, live, up

meet (someone's) expectations

To be as good as or have the qualities that someone predicted, expected, or hoped for. We'd heard so many good things about the new restaurant, but the food didn't meet our expectations at all. I'm so excited for the latest movie in the series—I hope it meets my expectations!
See also: expectation, meet
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • come up to (one's) expectations
  • come up to expectations
  • expectation
  • do (one) a/the world of good
  • be as good as new
  • do no good
  • as good as new
  • (as) good as new
  • for good measure
  • as good as it gets
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Gulf News speaks to a few online matrimonial services operating in the UAE to map the trends and expecations of their client base.
Nag halo halo ang kaba, yung excitement, yung expecations. Kasama na rin lahat ng mga naririnig mo tungkol sa movie industry.
However, Maguire has temepered expecations of medals.
One can immediately discern a strong correlation between the two (proving our above point that rates and inflation expecations are positively correlated).
"The results are entirely consistent with our expecations,"he said.
More clues about Pulis's team selection thinking At a glance, the starting XI against Preston muddied the waters in terms of early Pulis expecations. The presumption after Villa was that Shotton and Gestede were likely to be key figures.
He asked the army chief to focus on Karachi development as well because the government of the day in southern province, had fail to cope upto expecations.
KUWAIT, Aug 13 (KUNA) -- Construction works at Sabah Al-Salem University City in Al-Shadadiyya are in full swing, with expecations to be completed by 2019.
Figure 3 shows the modeled target building gas usage (blue on lower monthly bar chart) with gas use above expecations in October and November (red on the top cummulative chart and the bottom monthly chart).
These ideas were enriched by Christopher Lasch in his book Te Culture of Narcissism: American Life in an Age of Diminishing Expecations. In a chapter titled The Degradation of Sport, Lasch discusses the play element in modern sport, arguing that sport and play could no longer be discussed as something 'beyond' the real and ordinary life.
The world's biggest online retailer blew away analyst expecations Thursday with a $513 million profit, its fourth straight profitable quarter, sending its stock up nearly 12 percent after hours on the Nasdaq.
United's Ander Herrera, pictured against John Terry of tomorrow's opponents Chelsea, says Pep Guardiola will face huge expecations at rivals City U i d' A d H i d
And ako, ang sinabi ko sa kanilang goal ko, mangalahati man lang sana sa expecations ninyo," Cathy shared.
Currently, the system manages 33,304 smart meters, with expecations to surpass 50,000 smart meters by the close of 2015.