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Я себе не нахожу места

English translation: I am beside myself [with anxiety]

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Russian term or phrase:Я себе не нахожу места
English translation:I am beside myself [with anxiety]
Entered by: PaulinaK

23:37 Feb 25, 2011
Russian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
Russian term or phrase: Я себе не нахожу места
Пожилая женщина с нетерпением ожидает вестей от родных, пропавших из виду во время эмиграции.
PaulinaK
United States
Local time: 06:17
I am beside myself with anxiety
Explanation:
Такой вариант
Selected response from:

MariyaN (X)
United States
Grading comment
I'm going with the simple "I was beside myself."
Thanks!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +5I am beside myself with anxiety
MariyaN (X)
4 +2I am worried sick
Aleksey Chervinskiy
4 +1I can't think straight
LOliver
4I am so nervous
Alexander Onishko
4feel miserable, on the rack
Olga Rbl
4I am on needles as to ..
Sona Petrosyan
3I am out of my mind
Anton Shcheglov
3I am restless and uneasy.
MashaRu
3smb. is worried to death (going crazy) waiting for news from (waiting to hear from…)
Yuri Larin


  

Answers


8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
I can't think straight


Explanation:
I think the focus here is more on the emotional state rather than being restless and walking to and fro.

LOliver
United States
Local time: 09:17
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian, Native in UkrainianUkrainian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Leigh Mosley: I like this one too
1 day 19 hrs
  -> Thanks Leigh.
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
I am so nervous


Explanation:
:)

Alexander Onishko
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian, Native in UkrainianUkrainian
PRO pts in category: 21
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
I am out of my mind


Explanation:
Мой вариант :-)

Anton Shcheglov
Zimbabwe
Native speaker of: Russian
PRO pts in category: 4
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19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
I am restless and uneasy.


Explanation:
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MashaRu
United States
Native speaker of: Russian
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
I am worried sick


Explanation:
Also - I am worried out of my mind

Aleksey Chervinskiy
United States
Local time: 09:17
Native speaker of: Russian
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  dennis_bg
4 hrs
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agree  cyhul
8 hrs
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +5
I am beside myself with anxiety


Explanation:
Такой вариант

MariyaN (X)
United States
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian, Native in UkrainianUkrainian
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
I'm going with the simple "I was beside myself."
Thanks!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  dennis_bg
1 hr
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agree  Andrei B: Sounds closest in form and meaning, but anxiety need not be mentioned if lost relatives are known to have caused the emotional state (what else other than anxiety could it be?); i.e. "I am beside myself" may be good enough
7 hrs
  -> "what else other than anxiety could it be?" sounds reasonable to me, but then again, leaving it only as "I am beside myself" still sounds like lacking something (at least, to me). Thank you for your comment.
agree  Ingunite: agree with Andrei B
12 hrs
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agree  Inna Edsall
1 day 10 hrs
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agree  Leigh Mosley: I think "I'm just beside myself" is good
1 day 15 hrs
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
feel miserable, on the rack


Explanation:
I feel miserable. I am (totally) on the rack.

on the rack
anxious, often because you are waiting for something or because people are asking you difficult questions You're left on the rack for three days waiting for the results from the hospital. Here was a respected politician being put on the rack (= asked a lot of difficult questions) by aggressive junior politicians.

Olga Rbl
United States
Local time: 09:17
Native speaker of: Russian
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
smb. is worried to death (going crazy) waiting for news from (waiting to hear from…)


Explanation:
...

Yuri Larin
Ukraine
Local time: 16:17
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian, Native in UkrainianUkrainian
PRO pts in category: 20
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1 day 18 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
I am on needles as to ..


Explanation:
on pins and needles

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Note added at 2 օր6 ժամ (2011-02-28 06:33:11 GMT)
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I have my heart in my mouth waiting to hear from...

I am on edge waiting to hear from...

Please consider these variants, not the first one

Sona Petrosyan
Armenia
Local time: 17:17
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArmenianArmenian
PRO pts in category: 4
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