too good to last
Inevitably ending bliss
Too good to last describes something so favorable that it seems destined to end or prove illusory.
The phrase expresses fatalistic awareness that exceptional circumstances rarely persist: The cheap rent was too good to last.
It often carries a note of resigned acceptance, as if good fortune naturally invites its own reversal.
- lucky breakUnforeseen favorable occurrence
- dream come trueDesired outcome finally happening
- ephemeralityCondition of being brief
- bittersweetWistful yet warm
- bubble burstSudden end of inflation
flash in the pan · impermanence · windfall · longing · transience · golden age · salad days · fairy tale ending · apprehension · nostalgia · gratitude · fleetingness · brevity · carpe diem · euphoria · momentariness · borrowed time · evanescence