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