"Bring ten men,
beside yourself, Shandy," commanded Norman of Torn.
you ar' getting
beside yourself; with picking at the hair and the garments of the child!
Prince, you are the ideal of generosity; what are other men
beside yourself? But you are young--accept my blessing!
You are
beside yourself, or you would not say such things.
But you also appear to have tarnished your reputation, and could be simply
beside yourself. Don't fret.
"All the time, we forget the cameras are rolling because you're with a group of women who you love and they make you feel comfortable and you're sitting at the desk and think, 'Ooh I've got something to say', then you say it and before you can stop your mouth from speaking it's coming out and you're sort of sitting
beside yourself watching yourself saying something that you really shouldn't be.
The first sentence of Ausser sich (
Beside yourself)--"Ich weiss nicht, wohin es geht, alle anderen wissen es, ich nicht" (I don't know where we are going; everyone else knows, I don't)--sets the tone for the rest of the novel.
The Greek phrase for it is ex stasis (from which we derive the word ecstasy) which means "to stand aside." When you immerse yourself in a totally delightful activity, you are literally "
beside yourself." You forget yourself, your interest, your selfish concerns, because your passion and enthusiasm for cooking engulf you.
You'd be
beside yourself, you'd feel furious and robbed.
just got
beside yourself, took amiri, knew you was wrong, did the wrong thing.
Are you pregnant and
beside yourself with excitement?
A You must have been
beside yourself – that is every dog owner's nightmare.
Judge David Harris QC told Poullain: "This was a sustained and vicious assault during much of which you were
beside yourself with anger and unjustified jealousy."
If you do feel
beside yourself, you're either stood in the world of mirrors at Blackpool pleasure beach, have double vision and you're too drunk to see straight, have had a hefty blow to the head or are actually going blind.