◊ If an emotion or feeling gets the best of you, it causes you to do something that you should not do or that you are trying not to do.使得意忘形;使冲昏头脑;使忘乎所以
I did get a little carried away. I guess the excitement got the best of me. [=got the better of me]我确实有点失态。我想是激动得忘乎所以了。
Their emotions have gotten the best of them.高涨的情绪使他们失去了理智。