From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishall tooall tooTOO/TOO MUCHused to mean ‘very’ when talking about a bad situation All too often it’s the mother who gets blamed for her children’s behaviour. In these conditions it was all too easy to make mistakes. → all
Examples from the Corpus
all too• Diets started without preparation are broken all too easily.• But it was all too late, and Wakeling quit soon afterwards.• Apparently, though, it was all too much for her husband - he left very quietly.• The rope should never be allowed to run between the legs, for all too obvious reasons.• All too often, making a will is put off until it's too late.• No, the pain surfaced in her mind all too readily.• His career as a singer was all too short.• Vacation time is all too short.• When midway through the set four go-go dancers appear, the warped cabaret becomes all too slick and momentum is lost.• I know all too well the value of a well-placed F-word.