all it's cracked up to be

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Noun

all it's cracked up to be (usually negative, typically related to a negative modifier)

1. (idiomatic) As good as claims or reputation would suggest.
   • 1977, Meetings and Conventions - Volume 12, page 149:

     Association executives visit one of the world's most glamorous cities and find that it's all it's cracked up to be.

   • 2015, Heidi Jacobsen, Sunburnt: Life In The Sun:

     Love is everything its cracked up to be.

   • 2016, Dorothy Simpson, Once Too Often:

     She thinks the Abbeyfield idea sounds great. Let's hope it's all it's cracked up to be.

   This expensive software is not all it's cracked up to be. It still has a lot of problems.