beggar description

Idioms  

1. Defy or outdo any possible description, as in The stage set was so elaborate, it beggared description. This term, alluding to the idea that words are insufficient to do something justice, was already used by Shakespeare in Antony and Cleopatra (2:2), “For her own person It beggared all description.”

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beggar description

And from sun rise to sun set, I passed through scenes and experiences that beggar description.

From Slate ● Oct. 23, 2019

The acoustics are so complex that they beggar description.

From Time Magazine Archive

The scenes in the Jewish quarter at the close of the riot, beggar description.

From Rabbi and Priest A Story by Milton Goldsmith

The dirt and squalor of this place beggar description.

From Round About the Carpathians by Andrew F. Crosse

Behind the two heroic combats scenes were occurring which beggar description.

From The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. III. (of IV.) by William Milligan Sloane