beside oneself

介词短语
中文释义

英文释义

介词短语
  1. Overcome; consumed by an emotion. idiomatic
    — His widow was beside herself with grief.

词形变化

besides oneself alternative,Early,Modern

词源

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".
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