Question

The new clients are not responding to our new product the way we had hoped. frankly, I'm hardly ________ with last month's sales.
answers:
-on cloud nine
- beside myself
- over the moon
- down in the dumps
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Answer 1

Answer:

The new clients are not responding to our new product the way we had hoped. frankly, I'm hardly beside myself with last month's sales.

Explanation:

First, we must understand the context before we can choose an appropriate answer. The speaker is talking about something bad: customers not responding (not buying) the new product. He/She also mentions that last month's sales have already been bad. This context, therefore, asks for an idiom that conveys a negative idea.

We can eliminate options A and C, since they both convey a positive feeling. We are left with options B and D. Option D, down in the dumps, means sad. Option B, beside myself, means shocked or upset. The speaker is saying he/she is hardly... because of last month's sales. In that case, the best option is B. beside myself. What the speaker means is that, because last month was so bad, he/she is not even surprised or shocked to see the current response to the new product.