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I'm speechless

I'm so shocked, bewildered, or overwhelmed that I can't articulate my thoughts coherently or speak at all right now. A: "Will you marry me?" B: "Oh my God, oh my God, I'm speechless! Wait, yes, yes! Of course!" A: "Can you believe he said something that nasty to me?" B: "No. I'm speechless." I… I really won the award? Oh my God, I'm speechless. I need to sit down!
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I'm speechless.

Fig. I am so surprised that I cannot think of anything to say. Mary: Fred and I eloped last week. Sally: I'm speechless. Tom: The mayor just died! Jane: What? I'm speechless!
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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