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not all it's cracked up to be

not all it's cracked up to be

It is disappointing, it does not live up to its reputation, as in The restaurant wasn't all it's cracked up to be. This term uses crack up in the sense of "to praise," which survives only in this expression. [Colloquial; early 1800s]
See also: all, cracked, not, up

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Giocondajo-KON-dahItalian
Hagano-Ancient Germanic, Germanic Mythology
Zoraida-Spanish
Michelamee-KE-lahItalian
Neno-Serbian, Croatian
PaulaPOW-lah (German, Finnish, Spanish, Polish, Croatian), PAWL-ə (English), POW-lə (Portuguese), PAW-oo-law (Hungarian)German, English, Finnish, Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Romanian, Hungarian, Polish, Dutch, Swedish,
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