C1idiomemotionsIELTS-friendly
be beside yourself
USUK
to feel an emotion so strongly that you can hardly control yourself
Usually followed by 'with' + emotion: worry, grief, joy, rage. The reflexive changes: 'beside herself'.
In context
When our son didn't come home from school, my wife was beside herself with worry.
The fans were beside themselves with joy after the last-minute goal.
More idioms about emotions
- a bitter pill to swallowan unpleasant fact or situation that is hard to accept
- a bundle of nervesvery nervous and worried
- a chip on your shouldera lasting anger because you feel you were treated unfairly in the past
- a knot in your stomacha tight, sick feeling in your body caused by worry or fear
- a lump in your throata tight feeling in your throat because you are so moved that you might cry