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"text": "He wants to give you two million dollars? That's just too good to be true!",
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"ref": "2021 December 1, Nigel Harris, “IRP snuffs out 'levelling up'”, in RAIL, number 945, page 3",
"text": "Remember the old saying that if something looks too good to be true, then it almost certainly is?",
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"Appearing to be exceptionally good, and therefore arousing suspicion of illegitimacy."
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"(idiomatic) Appearing to be exceptionally good, and therefore arousing suspicion of illegitimacy."
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"word": "too good to last"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tài hǎo tài bù zhēnshí",
"sense": "appearing to be exceptionally good, and therefore arousing suspicion of illegitimacy",
"word": "太好太不真实"
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "appearing to be exceptionally good, and therefore arousing suspicion of illegitimacy",
"word": "te mooi om waar te zijn"
},
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "appearing to be exceptionally good, and therefore arousing suspicion of illegitimacy",
"word": "liian hyvä ollakseen totta"
},
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "appearing to be exceptionally good, and therefore arousing suspicion of illegitimacy",
"word": "trop beau pour être vrai"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "appearing to be exceptionally good, and therefore arousing suspicion of illegitimacy",
"word": "zu gut, um wahr zu sein"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "appearing to be exceptionally good, and therefore arousing suspicion of illegitimacy",
"word": "túl szép, hogy igaz legyen"
},
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"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "sore wa hanashi ga uma sugiru",
"sense": "appearing to be exceptionally good, and therefore arousing suspicion of illegitimacy",
"word": "それは話がうますぎる。"
},
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"code": "ja",
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"roman": "ano ruino hitowa shin'yōdekinai",
"sense": "appearing to be exceptionally good, and therefore arousing suspicion of illegitimacy",
"word": "あの類の人は、信用できない。"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"note": "no equivalent term in Polish",
"sense": "appearing to be exceptionally good, and therefore arousing suspicion of illegitimacy"
},
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "appearing to be exceptionally good, and therefore arousing suspicion of illegitimacy",
"word": "but see bajka z tysiąca i jednej nocy"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "appearing to be exceptionally good, and therefore arousing suspicion of illegitimacy",
"word": "för bra för att vara sant"
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"word": "too good to be true"
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"translations": [
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tài hǎo tài bù zhēnshí",
"sense": "appearing to be exceptionally good, and therefore arousing suspicion of illegitimacy",
"word": "太好太不真实"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "appearing to be exceptionally good, and therefore arousing suspicion of illegitimacy",
"word": "te mooi om waar te zijn"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "appearing to be exceptionally good, and therefore arousing suspicion of illegitimacy",
"word": "liian hyvä ollakseen totta"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "appearing to be exceptionally good, and therefore arousing suspicion of illegitimacy",
"word": "trop beau pour être vrai"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "appearing to be exceptionally good, and therefore arousing suspicion of illegitimacy",
"word": "zu gut, um wahr zu sein"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "appearing to be exceptionally good, and therefore arousing suspicion of illegitimacy",
"word": "túl szép, hogy igaz legyen"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "sore wa hanashi ga uma sugiru",
"sense": "appearing to be exceptionally good, and therefore arousing suspicion of illegitimacy",
"word": "それは話がうますぎる。"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "ano ruino hitowa shin'yōdekinai",
"sense": "appearing to be exceptionally good, and therefore arousing suspicion of illegitimacy",
"word": "あの類の人は、信用できない。"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"note": "no equivalent term in Polish",
"sense": "appearing to be exceptionally good, and therefore arousing suspicion of illegitimacy"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "appearing to be exceptionally good, and therefore arousing suspicion of illegitimacy",
"word": "but see bajka z tysiąca i jednej nocy"
},
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "appearing to be exceptionally good, and therefore arousing suspicion of illegitimacy",
"word": "för bra för att vara sant"
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"word": "too good to be true"
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