有う頂ちょう天てん外がい

noun

beside oneself with joy; in raptures; ecstatic

A yojijukugo describing a state of extreme joy or elation, often used in literary or emphatic contexts.

• 彼かれは合ごう格かくの知しらせに有う頂ちょう天てん外がいになった。

  He was beside himself with joy at the news of passing.