VOCABULARY - IDIOMS

All It’s Cracked Up To Be

Meaning:

As good as claims or reputation would suggest

Examples:

  • Find out in the one film that's all it's cracked up to be!
  • This software isn’t all it's cracked up to be.
  • Now it seems panoramic views aren't all they're cracked up to be.
  • Is the movie really as good as it's cracked up to be?
  • Retirement isn't all it's cracked up to be.
  • I began to realize that murder is not as easy as it's cracked up to be.
  • Having billionaire owners, it seems, is not quite what it's cracked up to be.
  • The new restaurant is not all it's cracked up to be. When we went, the service was awful and our food was cold.
  • Finally, is fame everything it's cracked up to be?
  • Not all it's cracked up to be.
  • But is confidence really all that it is cracked up to be?