As is almost always the case when these sports circuses come to town, expectations exceed reality.
In "Body Politic," she calls Washington "a town where reputations, good and bad, always exceed reality".
(Both Revolutionary Road and The Great Gatsby, Yates's favourite novel after Madame Bovary, are set in postwar periods of optimism - the 50s, the 20s - when expectations exceeded reality).
Mr. Baker, the analyst at J. P. Morgan Chase, noted that "perception may exceed reality" -- in other words, that it remains to be seen whether passengers will actually pay the higher prices or whether they will shy away from flying.
You also get what's called the longevity myth, which is where people's imaginations exceed reality.
But the hype far exceeds the reality, at least for now (see article).
But "the romance of an international assignment always exceeds the reality," said Mary B. Teagarden, professor of global strategy at the Thunderbird School of Global Management in Glendale, Ariz.
Change his colors to the light blue and white of Argentina, ship him to a continent where he will be worshipped simply for stepping off the plane, and the expectation exceeds the reality.
Occasionally, the menu poetry exceeds culinary reality, as in the description of portobello wontons as "seasoned wild mushrooms embraced in steaming spring roll jackets adrift steamed spinach, curry oil and balsamic reduction".
