Emotions & feelings
be beside yourself with excitement
be extremely excited
To be beside yourself with excitement means to feel so excited that you can hardly control your emotions.
Hear it in real life
How did Lina react to the surprise?
She was beside herself with excitement.
The children were beside themselves with excitement when the concert began.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: She was beside herself of excitement.
Say: She was beside herself with excitement.
Use “with excitement” after the fixed phrase, not “of excitement.”
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
be beside yourself with excitement; be beside oneself with excitement
Your turn: say it out loud
The children were beside themselves with excitement when the concert began.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
be beside yourself with excitement
be extremely excited
“The children were beside themselves with excitement when the concert began.”
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