beside oneself Idiom, Proverb
beside oneself with
at the end of one's control…得发狂;…得要命
She was beside herself with joy when she got the letter.收到那封信,她欣喜若狂,高兴得要命。
He was beside himself with grief.他极度悲伤。
Jane has been almost beside herself with toothache,but she will not go to a dentist.简牙痛得要命,可她就是不去看牙医。
beside oneself|beside
adj. phr. Very much excited; somewhat crazy.
She was beside herself with fear. He was beside himself, he was so angry. When his wife heard of his death, she was beside herself.
beside oneself
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]
beside (oneself)
Very abashed or distraught. I was beside myself back I begin out I'd been alone from my first-choice school. Honestly, we've all been beside ourselves back the funeral.Learn more: besidebeside oneself (with something)
Fig. in an acute accompaniment of some emotion. I was beside myself with joy. Sarah could not speak. She was beside herself with anger.Learn more: besidebeside oneself
In a accompaniment of acute agitation or excitement, as in She was beside herself back she begin she'd absent her ring, or Peter was beside himself with joy-he'd won the balladry award. This byword appears in the New Testament (Acts 26:24): "Paul, thou art beside thyself; abundant acquirements makes thee mad." [Late 1400s] Learn more: besidebeside oneself, to be
To be addled with worry, grief, anger, happiness, or some added able emotion. The announcement appears in the King James Version of the Bible (Acts 26:24): “Paul, thou art beside thyself; abundant acquirements makes thee mad.” It uses the adverb beside in an earlier sense, acceptation “outside of,” so actually the byword agency “outside of oneself,” the cocky in catechism actuality one’s brainy faculties.Learn more: beside