what someone or something is cracked up to be

what someone or something is cracked up to be
what someone or something is cracked up to be
what someone or something is supposed to be. •

This pizza isn't what it's cracked up to be.

I wanted to find out whether this stuff was what it is cracked up to be.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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