cracked up to be

cracked up to be something

and cracked up to be; cracked up as something

alleged or understood to be something. She was cracked up to be a pretty good player. She was cracked up as a pretty good golfer. (Used with the negative.) He is not the problem solving CEO that he was cracked up to be.

cracked up to be

mod. supposed to be. This pizza isn’t what it’s cracked up to be.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Gilberto	jeel-BER-to (Italian), heel-BER-to (Spanish)	Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Izanami	-	Far Eastern Mythology
Sylwester	sil-VES-ter	Polish
Tyyne	TUY:-ne	Finnish
Herodion	-	Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek, Ancient Greek
Eirian	-	Welsh