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.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Nedyalko	-	Bulgarian
Suharto	soo-HAHR-to	Indonesian, Javanese
Zhubin	-	Persian
Achard	-	Old Norman
Oyibo	-	Western African, Urhobo
ÁBel	AH-bel	Hungarian