beside (oneself)
beside (oneself)
Very 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.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
beside oneself (with something)
Fig. in an extreme state of some emotion. I was beside myself with joy. Sarah could not speak. She was beside herself with anger.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
beside oneself
In a state of extreme agitation or excitement, as in She was beside herself when she found she'd lost her ring, or Peter was beside himself with joy-he'd won the poetry award. This phrase appears in the New Testament (Acts 26:24): "Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning makes thee mad." [Late 1400s]
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
beside yourself
overcome with worry, grief, or anger; distraught.See also: beside
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
beˈside yourself (with something)
unable to control yourself because of the strength of emotion you are feeling: He was beside himself with rage when he found out what she’d done.See also: beside
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
beside (oneself)
In a state of extreme excitement or agitation: They were beside themselves with glee.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
- beside oneself
- beside yourself
- be beside (oneself)
- beside oneself, to be
- cushion
- beside the cushion
- set beside
- the whole wide world
- whole wide world
- juxtapose (someone or something) with (someone or something else)