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

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

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

When the King heard this, he equipped troops to escort her to her sister and brought out to her from his treasuries meat and drink and monies and jewels and rarities which beggar description.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 08 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

She was in capital spirits though, and the loving glances she bestowed on me beggar description.

From Without Dogma by Sienkiewicz, Henryk