be beside oneself with fear

be beside oneself with fear

The Chinese idiom, Pinyin is j ī NGH ú NLU ò pॸ, which means to describe people's deep feeling and great shock. From Li Zicheng.

Idioms and allusions

Chapter 23, Volume II of Li Zicheng by Yao xueyin: "Zuo Kunshan has been in the army for a long time. He also knows that winning or losing is a matter of military affairs. He will never be scared out of his wits after one defeat and dare not fight again."

Idiom usage

Used as a predicate or adverbial; used in fear.