Sens: backtracked

v. revenir sur ses pas; repartir en arrière; se rétracter; se défiler, se dérober; s'esquiver

racked Idiome

all it's cracked up to be

as good as the ads say, live up to the reports The new computer isn't all it's cracked up to be. It's not so hot.

cracked

crazy, nuts, wacko He must be cracked. He mailed a letter to himself.

not all it's cracked up...

(See all it's cracked up to be)

cracked out

1. acting like a crackhead;
2. crazy; irrational

not all sth is cracked up to be

Idiom(s): not all something is cracked up to be AND not what something is cracked up to be

Theme: EXPECTATION - UNMET

not as good as something is supposed to be. (Informal. Not always in the negative.)
• This isn't a very good pen. It's not all it's cracked up to be.
• Is this one all it's cracked up to be?
• This restaurant isn't what it's cracked up to be.

not what sth is cracked up to be

cracked up|crack up|cracked

adj. phr., informal Favorably described or presented; praised.

Usually used in the expression "not what it's cracked up to be". The independent writer's life isn't always everything it's cracked up to be. In bad weather, a sailing cruise isn't what it's cracked up to be.

cracked up

cracked up
1) Past tense of crack up.
2) cracked up to be. Reputed to be. This expression is always used in a negative way, as in I don't think this book is all it's cracked up to be. It relies on the now obsolete use of to crack up to mean “to praise extravagantly.” It appeared in The Kentuckian: “He is not the thing he is cracked up for” (May 28, 1829). [Early 1800s]
3) Under the influence of crack (a form of cocaine). For example, “Who's cracked up, who's cracked out, and who's dead?” (World News Tonight, ABC-TV, May 12, 1992). [1980s]

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]