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

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
EstherES-tər (English, Dutch), es-TER (French)English, French, Spanish, Dutch, German, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Jewish, Biblical, Biblical Lati
Kailash-Indian, Hindi, Marathi
Keen[ki:n]
RŮŽEna-Czech
Erkan-Turkish
Hamm[hæm]