beside oneself

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.

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]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Jelica	-	Serbian, Croatian
Dye	[dɑi]
Feline	fe-LEE-nə	Dutch
Siem	SEEM	Dutch
Nahid	-	Persian
Meindert	-	Dutch