out of one 's wits

out of one 's wits

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is sh ī zh ā ngsh ī zh ì, which means to describe the act of confusion, restlessness. It's from the treasure of flowers.

The origin of Idioms

The eighth chapter of Chen Sen's "treasure of tasting flowers" in the Qing Dynasty: "Yuan Mao felt twice at his waist and said," strange! "

Idiom usage

It is used as predicate, attributive and adverbial to describe a flustered action.

Examples

The second chapter of "Jin Ping Mei CI Hua" by Xiaosheng of Lanling in Ming Dynasty: "Ximen Qing laughs. When I got home, I was very restless. My heart was only on the woman. It's his eldest daughter, yueniang. When she sees him so disheartened, she just says that because of the death of second sister Zhuo, she doesn't pay attention to him. "