words fail me
Definition
› said to emphasize your surprise or shock, especially at something you have just seen or been told: "So what did you think of Olive's pink outfit?" "Words fail me, I've never seen anything quite like it!"Expressions of surprise
(Definition of words fail me from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- (really) take the biscuit idiom
- actually adverb (SURPRISE)
- believe verb
- bingo exclamation
- bless my soul! idiom
- blimey exclamation
- by gum! idiom
- deuce noun
- gracious exclamation
- how about that? idiom
- I ask you! idiom
- I declare idiom
- I'll be a monkey's uncle! idiom
- I'll be blowed! idiom
- of all people/things/places idiom
- omg
- shock, horror! idiom
- speak/talk of the devil idiom
- you could have knocked me down/over with a feather idiom
- you don't say! idiom
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Expressions of surprise
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