Select the alternative that best expresses the meaning of the given idiom/phrase

Select the alternative that best expresses the meaning of the given idiom/phrase.

Beside oneself

a)            Feel sad about something

b)            Feel happy about something

c)            Feel ignorant about something

d)            Feel excessively about something

Sol:

Idiom ‘beside oneself’ means overcome with worry, grief, or anger; distraught, eg; she was beside herself in grief when her husband died.