单词 | not all it's cracked up to be |
释义 | not all it's cracked up to beIt is disappointing, it does not live up to its reputation, as in The restaurant wasn't all it's cracked up to be. This term uses crack up in the sense of “to praise,” which survives only in this expression. [Colloquial; early 1800s] Words nearby not all it's cracked up to benot a Chinaman's chance, not a hope in hell, notaire, not a leg to stand on, not a living soul, not all it's cracked up to be, not all that, not all there, notancephalia, notanencephalia, not anything like The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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