too good to be true

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*too good to be true

almost 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.

See also: good, true

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was the sound that first came to their ears, And seemed almost too good to be true. The Hunting of the Snark by Carroll, Lewis View in context But, confidently as the captain had hoped to find the Spanish wreck, yet, now that it was really found, the news seemed too good to be true. Grandfather's Chair by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context My heart beat at this thought, which was almost too good to be true. The Arabian Nights by Lang, Andrew View in context			toll for tom Tom, Dick and Harry Tom, Dick, and Harry tomorrow Tomorrow is another day Tomorrow never comes Tomorrow's another day ton tone tone down tone up tongs tongue tongue in cheek tongue-in-cheek tongue-lashing tons of too bad too big for boots too big for britches too close for comfort too close to call too for words too funny for words too good to be true too hot to handle too little, too late too many chiefs Too many chiefs and not enough Indians Too many cooks Too many cooks spoil the stew too much Too much information! too much of a good thing too rich for blood took the words right out of my mouth tool tool around tool up tools of the trade toot tooth tootin top top brass top notch top of the heap top of the line top off top story			Too Far Too Far Too Far Too Far Too Far Gone Too Far To Measure too fast to live Too Fat For Fashion Too Fat to Breathe Too Fat to Fly Too Few To Count Too Flaming Right Too Flipping Easy too for words too for words too for words too for words too for words Too Frat to Care Too Freakin' Bad Too Freaking Funny Too Full To Finish Too Funny too funny for words too funny for words Too Good Too Good for Violence Too Good for You Too Good to Be Forgotten Too Good to be Threw too good to be true Too Good to Title Too Gross for Words too hard Too Hard Basket Too High to Count Too High to Function Too Hot to Handle Too Hot to Handle Too Interconnected to Fail Too Lame to Bother With too large Too Late Too Late Too Late Now Too Late with Adam Carolla Too Late, You're Dead Too Lazy To Google Too Legit to Quit too little Too Little Information Too little, too late Too little, too late Too Long / Did Not Read Too Long Didn't Watch Too Long to Print Too Long To Read Too Long, Did Not Read

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