OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 48743

beggar belief

Meanings (ES + gloss)
parecer increíble • rebasar la creencia • resultar totalmente inverosímil • sobrepasar el entendimiento • sobreponerse a la credibilidad
To appear implausible or unbelievable.
In Shakespeare's day boys or men took the part of women, and how characters like Lady Macbeth and Desdemona were adequately rendered by youths beggars belief.
It beggars belief to suppose that corporate policies can always pursue the best interests of a company.
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