cracked up to be

phrase

: said to be
Is the movie really as good as it's cracked up to be?
—often used in negative statements
The new restaurant is not all it's cracked up to be. When we went, the service was awful and our food was cold.

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But the accidental celebrity finds that fame and fortune aren’t all they’re cracked up to be. — Dallasnews.com Staff, Dallas News, 12 May 2023 Meantime, their man in the White House invokes emergency powers to forgive student debt and their thinkers wonder whether the Constitution and the separation of powers are all they’re cracked up to be. — Lance Morrow, WSJ, 4 Sep. 2022 Maybe home-field advantage isn't what it's cracked up to be for Milwaukee? — Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 30 Sep. 2021 See All Example Sentences for cracked up to be

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“Cracked up to be.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cracked%20up%20to%20be. Accessed 2 Aug. 2026.

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