be too funny for words

be too funny for words
разг.
(be too funny (sweet, etc.) for words)
быть необычайно смешным (приятным и т. п.)

‘Oh! look at that jersey!’ she said. ‘My! I'm crazy over that. Isn't it just too cunning for words? I wonder if it's dear.’ (D. du Maurier, ‘I'll Never Be Young Again’, part I, ch. 7) — - Посмотри на этот вязаный жакет, - сказала Керри. - Боже, как он мне нравится! Чудесная вещь! И, вероятно, дорогая.

Aren't these two little children just too cute for words? (A. Christie, ‘They Came to Baghdad’, ch. 7) — Разве это не прелестные детишки?

Dwight wouldn't do that to me, he's too sweet for words. (D. Cusack and F. James, ‘Come in Spinner’, ‘Saturday I’) — Дуайт не поступит так со мной. Он ведь удивительно милый человек.


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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