be beside (oneself)

be beside (oneself)

To be very emotional, especially shocked or distraught. I was beside myself when I found out I'd been rejected from my first-choice school. Honestly, we've all been beside ourselves since the funeral.
See also: beside
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • beside (oneself)
  • beside oneself
  • beside yourself
  • be in a (blue) funk
  • be in a blue funk
  • in a (blue) funk
  • in a blue funk
  • in a funk
  • from the first
  • scared out of (one's) wits