Meanings
- idiomaticAppearing to be exceptionally good, and therefore arousing suspicion of illegitimacy.
He wants to give you two million dollars? That's just too good to be true!
1 more example
Remember the old saying that if something looks too good to be true, then it almost certainly is?
2021 December 1, Nigel Harris, “IRP snuffs out 'levelling up'”, in RAIL, number 945, page 3Synonyms: too good to last
Synonyms & antonyms
phraseAppearing to be exceptionally good, and therefore arousing suspicion of illegitimacy.
Translations
Afrikaans te goed om waar te wees
- te goed om waar te weesappearing to be exceptionally good, and therefore arousing suspicion of illegitimacy
Chinese Mandarin 太好太不真实
- 太好太不真实 (tài hǎo tài bù zhēnshí)appearing to be exceptionally good, and therefore arousing suspicion of illegitimacy
Dutch te mooi om waar te zijn
- te mooi om waar te zijnappearing to be exceptionally good, and therefore arousing suspicion of illegitimacy
Finnish liian hyvä ollakseen totta
- liian hyvä ollakseen tottaappearing to be exceptionally good, and therefore arousing suspicion of illegitimacy
French trop beau pour être vrai
- trop beau pour être vraiappearing to be exceptionally good, and therefore arousing suspicion of illegitimacy
German zu gut, um wahr zu sein
- zu gut, um wahr zu seinappearing to be exceptionally good, and therefore arousing suspicion of illegitimacy
Hungarian túl szép, hogy igaz legyen
- túl szép, hogy igaz legyenappearing to be exceptionally good, and therefore arousing suspicion of illegitimacy
Japanese それは話がうますぎる。, あの類の人は、信用できない。
- それは話がうますぎる。 (sore wa hanashi ga uma sugiru)appearing to be exceptionally good, and therefore arousing suspicion of illegitimacy
- あの類の人は、信用できない。 (ano ruino hitowa shin'yōdekinai)appearing to be exceptionally good, and therefore arousing suspicion of illegitimacy
Polish but see bajka z tysiąca i jednej nocy
- but see bajka z tysiąca i jednej nocyappearing to be exceptionally good, and therefore arousing suspicion of illegitimacy
Swedish för bra för att vara sant
- för bra för att vara santappearing to be exceptionally good, and therefore arousing suspicion of illegitimacy
Cite this entry
too good to be true. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/too%20good%20to%20be%20true
“too good to be true.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/too%20good%20to%20be%20true. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “too good to be true,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/too%20good%20to%20be%20true.
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