beside oneself

English

Etymology

Possibly derived from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek παράνοια (paránoia, “madness”), from παράνοος (paránoos, “demented”), from παρά (pará, “beyond, beside”) + νόος (nóos, “mind, spirit”), with "beside mind" evolving into "beside oneself".

Pronunciation

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Prepositional phrase

beside oneself

1. (idiomatic) Overcome; consumed by an emotion.

   His widow was beside herself with grief.

Translations

consumed by an emotion

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 異常激動／异常激动 (yìcháng jīdòng), 异常激动 (yìcháng jīdòng)

• Czech: být bez sebe
• Esperanto: krom si mem
• Finnish: poissa tolaltaan (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• French: dépassé (fr)
• Italian: fuori di sè
• Russian: вне себя́ (ru) (vne sebjá)
• Swedish: utom sig (sv)