words fail someone

phrase
/ˈwɜːdz feɪl ˈsʌmwʌn/UK/ˈwɝdz feɪl ˈsʌmˌwʌn/US

Definitions

  1. Someone is incapable of describing something with words, especially due to fear, shock,…

    Someone is incapable of describing something with words, especially due to fear, shock, or surprise.

    • Nature has given me the passion for poesy, but refused me the boon of words and the faculty of expressing my thoughts. I think deeply, but when I wish to speak words fail me. If I wish to write, it is still worse.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for words fail someone. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA