| 词组 | too good to be true |
| 释义 | Idiom too good to be true Theme: TRUTH almost unbelievable; so good as to be unbelievable.The news was too good to be true.When I finally got a big raise, it was too good to be true. Idiom too good to be true not to be believed or likely to be real.They told me I'd be going on business trips to Europe, but it sounded too good to be true. too good to be trueSo exciting or pleasing as to be unbelievable. The asking price for that house was indeed too good to be true—the bank made a mistake when they listed it. I had to ask them to repeat their salary offer because it just seemed too good to be true! *too good to be truealmost unbelievable; so good as to be unbelievable. (*Typically: be ~; become ~; get~.) The news was too good to be true. When I finally got a big raise, it was too good to be true. too good to be trueSo 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. The term was part of the title of Thomas Lupton's Sivquila; Too Good to be True (1580). too ˌgood to be ˈtrueused 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.’too good to be trueExaggeratedly optimistic; seeming so wonderful that something must be wrong with it. 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). 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. |
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