not what it is cracked up to be
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Brick Lane is not what it is cracked up to be.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 29, 2015
The king business is not what it is cracked up to be.
From Said the Observer by Louis J. (Louis John) Stellman
I tell you that this office of member of congress is not what it is cracked up to be.
From Cheap Postage by Joshua Leavitt
Infancy is not what it is cracked up to be.
From Modern Essays by Harry Morgan Ayres
Tapering off is not what it is cracked up to be.
From Select Temperance Tracts by American Tract Society
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