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Get beside myself
When you "get beside myself" are your emotions running ahead of you?
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[/nq] You can't "get beside myself". Only I can get beside myself, just as only you can get beside yourself. Alec McKenzie
- [/nq] You can't "get beside myself".
- Only I can get beside myself, just as only you can get beside yourself.
- Alec McKenzie
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[nq:1]When you "get beside myself" are your emotions running ahead of you?[/nq]
You can't "get beside myself".
Only I can get beside myself, just as only you can get beside yourself.
Alec McKenzie
You can't "get beside myself".
Only I can get beside myself, just as only you can get beside yourself.
Alec McKenzie
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[nq:1]When you "get beside myself" are your emotions running ahead of you?[/nq]
It means you are too close to yourself for comfort.
Joe Fineman joe (Email Removed)
It means you are too close to yourself for comfort.
Joe Fineman joe (Email Removed)
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[nq:1]When you "get beside myself" are your emotions running ahead of you?[/nq]
Only if you're racing sideways and in the direction corresponding to the side of you to which you find yourself. HTH.
Mike
Only if you're racing sideways and in the direction corresponding to the side of you to which you find yourself. HTH.
Mike
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[nq:1]When you "get beside myself" are your emotions running ahead of you?[/nq]
Usual construction in BrE is "beside Xself with (emotion)"
He was beside himself with glee
I was beside myself with rage
They were beside themselves with jealousy
Not forgetting Reginald Dixon on the mighty Wurlitzer:
Oh! I do like to be beside the seaside
I do like to be beside th
Usual construction in BrE is "beside Xself with (emotion)"
He was beside himself with glee
I was beside myself with rage
They were beside themselves with jealousy
Not forgetting Reginald Dixon on the mighty Wurlitzer:
Oh! I do like to be beside the seaside
I do like to be beside th
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Alec McKenzie filted:
[nq:2]When you "get beside myself" are your emotions running ahead of you?[/nq]
[nq:1]You can't "get beside myself". Only I can get beside myself, just as only you can get beside yourself.[/nq]
Upon further reflexion, I agree..r
[nq:2]When you "get beside myself" are your emotions running ahead of you?[/nq]
[nq:1]You can't "get beside myself". Only I can get beside myself, just as only you can get beside yourself.[/nq]
Upon further reflexion, I agree..r
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[nq:1]Not forgetting Reginald Dixon on the mighty Wurlitzer: Oh! I do like to be beside the seaside I do like ... with glee And there's lots of girls besides, I should like to be beside Beside the seaside! Beside the sea![/nq]
Or even Raymond Wallbank.
I have a CD by RW entitled The Mighty Wurlitzer . 86 mighty Wurlitzer hits. Average track-length about a minute. Playing more than four tra
Or even Raymond Wallbank.
I have a CD by RW entitled The Mighty Wurlitzer . 86 mighty Wurlitzer hits. Average track-length about a minute. Playing more than four tra
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