beside oneself

English

Etymology

Possibly derived from 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

(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)
Czech: být bez sebe
Esperanto: krom si mem
Finnish: poissa tolaltaan (fi)
French: dépassé (fr), (en, because of joy) ne plus se sentir (fr)

German: außer sich
Italian: fuori di sè
Russian: вне себя́ (ru) (vne sebjá)
Spanish: fuera de sí
Swedish: utom sig (sv)

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