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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

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.
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.
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.
My heart beat at this thought, which was almost too good to be true.
 
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