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
Terceroter-THE-ro (Spanish), ter-SE-ro (Latin American Spanish)Spanish
VilhjÁLmur-Icelandic
Phoebus-Greek Mythology (Latinized)
TiinaTEE:-nahFinnish
Christinkris-TEEN (Swedish, German)Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German
Alwen['ælwən]