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?