It almost 'beggars belief' [=it is very hard to believe] that anyone can be so cruel.
I heard you won the contest! You lucky 'beggar'!
a plot so complex that it 'beggars description'
(..) I would never see my son again. The laws are made by husbands and fathers. What, then? I'll never forgive myself for your unhappiness. Unhappiness? I'm like a starving beggar who's been given food. I, unhappy? No. This is my happiness. Serozha! (..)2012 Anna Karenina