TOO

(MORE) [adverb] [not gradable] - more than is needed or wanted; more than is suitable or enoughYou're too fat.I can't reach the shelf - it's (a bit) too high.There were (far) too many people for such a small room.You're (much) too late - the meeting has finished.This picture's too big to put on that wall.It's too difficult (for me) to explain.It was too hot (for them) to want to go sightseeing.(formal) It was too expensive a desk for a child's room.It's (all) too much (= more than I can deal with) - I can't bear it.USAGE: Do not confuse with very.All/Only too can be used to emphasize an adjective."Would you like to make a donation?" "I'd be only too (= extremely) pleased."The holidays flew by all too (= regrettably very) quickly.It's all too (= very) easy to say yes because your friends encourage you.(informal) If you say something is too bad you can mean that you are sympathetic about someone else's problem, or that you are not. The difference is in what is being talked about and the way that you say it.It's too bad that you can't come to see Mark in his school play."I can't come on Friday." "That's too bad - I've already bought the tickets so you'll still have to pay."To be in too deep is to be too involved in a difficult situation.We thought it was too good an opportunity to miss (= we should take the opportunity).Too good to be true means so good that it is not believable.Her new job sounds too good to be true.If an action is too little (and) too late it has not happened early enough or in a strong enough way to stop a bad situation getting worse.Officials admit that the replanting of the hillsides only started five years ago and seems to be a classic case of too little and too late.The organization claimed that the food aid given was too little, too late.You can have too much of a good thing (= become bored of something even if it is good).I don't like gardening - it's too much like hard work (= although it is done for enjoyment it needs a lot of effort).