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WHAT IT'S CRACKED UP TO BE, (NOT)

not as good as its reputation; not as good as it is supposed to be
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1. I thought this car was the best model around, but it’s not what it’s cracked up to be. Every week something else goes wrong with it.
2. You’ve traveled to the Caribbean islands. Are they everything you expected? Are they what they’re cracked up to be?

The expression is used in the negative or question forms only.


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