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You’re kidding frisky flower-maids (5,4,2)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

words fail me

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'you're kidding' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot tell whether it can be defined by this definition.

'frisky flower-maids' is the wordplay.
'frisky' indicates an anagram.
'flower'+'maids'='flowermaids'
'flowermaids' with letters rearranged gives 'WORDS FAIL ME'.

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(Other definitions for words fail me that I've seen before include "expression of astonishment" , "I don't know what to say!" , "I can't express how I feel" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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