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at some extreme of emotion..."beside myself with _____"...either joy (ecstatic) or anger (livid)
beside myself means that I am ranting and raving - overwhelmed perhaps surprised.
so overwhelmed with a particular emotion it's like an out of body experience... "I was beside myself with joy"... like it takes two of me to handle all that emotion.
at some extreme of emotion..."beside myself with _____"...either joy (ecstatic) or anger (livid)
ReplyDeletebeside myself means that I am ranting and raving - overwhelmed perhaps surprised.
ReplyDeleteso overwhelmed with a particular emotion it's like an out of body experience... "I was beside myself with joy"... like it takes two of me to handle all that emotion.
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