have a bee in one's bonnet
- have a bee in one's bonnet
have an idea that continually occupies one's thoughts.
He has a bee in his bonnet over whether or not to build a new house or not.
to be "mad" about some point; to be particular about something or some idea.
"Well, it's quite simple really." A little of the old fluency was coming back. "This man's a member and he's got some bee in his bonnet about sailors, that they need converting more than any other part of the community." (J. Wain)
And he's got a bee in his bonnet about reintroduction of Arab blood into the English thoroughbred. (J. Galsworthy)
He's a pretty pure specimen himself, I believe, except for this bee in his bonnet. (J. Galsworthy)
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have a bee in one's bonnet — ► have a bee in one s bonnet informal be obsessed with something. Main Entry: ↑bee … English terms dictionary
have a bee in one's bonnet — idi have a bee in one s bonnet, a) to be obsessed with a single idea b) to be somewhat eccentric … From formal English to slang
have a bee in one's bonnet — informal be preoccupied or obsessed with something. → bee … English new terms dictionary
have a bee in one's bonnet — informal be preoccupied or obsessed about something, esp. a scheme or plan of action … Useful english dictionary
bee in one's bonnet — {n. phr.}, {informal} A fixed idea that seems fanciful, odd, or crazy. * /Robert Fulton had a bee in his bonnet about a steamboat./ * /Grandmother has some bee in her bonnet about going to the dance./ … Dictionary of American idioms
bee in one's bonnet — {n. phr.}, {informal} A fixed idea that seems fanciful, odd, or crazy. * /Robert Fulton had a bee in his bonnet about a steamboat./ * /Grandmother has some bee in her bonnet about going to the dance./ … Dictionary of American idioms
to have a bee in one's bonnet — be ga ga over one particular idea … English contemporary dictionary
bee — ► NOUN 1) a stinging winged insect which collects nectar and pollen from flowers and produces wax and honey. 2) a meeting for communal work or amusement: a sewing bee. ● the bee s knees Cf. ↑the bee s knees ● have a bee in one s bonnet Cf. ↑ … English terms dictionary
bee — bee1 [bē] n. [ME < OE beo < IE base * bhei > Ger biene, OPrus bitte, OIr bech] any of a large superfamily (Apoidea) of broad bodied, four winged, hairy hymenopteran insects that gather pollen and nectar, have biting as well as sucking… … English World dictionary
bee — stinging insect, O.E. beo bee, from P.Gmc. *bion (Cf. O.N. by, O.H.G. bia, M.Du. bie), possibly from PIE root *bhi quiver. Used metaphorically for busy worker since 1530s. Sense of meeting of neighbors to unite their labor for the benefit of one… … Etymology dictionary
