Crack up : 마구 웃기다, 마구 웃기 시작하다, (스트레스나 중압감으로)무너지다, 쓰러지다, (기계)부서지다, 고장나다
It's not all it's cracked up to be : 생각처럼 좋지는 않다, 평판이 나있는 것 만큼 좋지는 않다, 생각했던것 같지는 않다
Cracked up to be ~라고 평가받아, ~라고 평판이 나있는
It's not all somebody's cracked up to be
It's not everything somebody's cracked up to be
It's not more than somebody's cracked up to be
1)
to crack up, using informmaly means to laugh
when he told the joke, we all cracked up
to laugh about something
his jokes cracked me up
we cracked up, the joke cracked us up , both ways of use are possible
Formality : 3.5
2)
they are under a lots of emotional stress and strain and they become mentally ill
Somebody cracks up
he cracked up with all of the strain
it effectively he had a breakdown
I am going to crack up, I am going to go crazy
if somebody cracks up, they effectively fall to pieces, they can't continue doing what they've been doing
mental breakdwon
emotional breakdown
Formality : 4.5
3)
the system cracked up, we've got this ideas of it broke, it just couldn't stand anymore pressure
he cracked up his car, you could probably use it like that
British economy is cracking up
Formality : 4.5
4)
we use this in the phrase, It's not all it's cracked up to be
it's not as good as everybody says that this films is really good but I don't think it's what it's cracked up to be
notice, in the possive and in the negative
this is cracked up to be the best restaurant in town
it's cracked up as
to crack something up as
he's cracked up to be the best teacher in the world but I don't think he is all he is cracked up to be
it's not what it is cracked up to be
he says that this is the best thing since sliced bread but for me it doesn't work out for me, it's not everything he cracks it up to be
his videos are okay but they are not all there cracked up to be
they are more than they are cracked up to be
they are all they are cracked up to be
they are everything they are cracked up to be
Formality : 4
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