have a bee in your bonnet
- have a bee in your bonnet
- have a bee in (your) bonnet
to keep talking about something again and again because you think it is important, especially something that other people do not think is important.
She's got a real bee in her bonnet about people keeping their dogs under control.
(often +
about)
New idioms dictionary.
2014.
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have a bee in your bonnet — informal : to talk and think a lot about something He always has a bee in his bonnet about safety. • • • Main Entry: ↑bee have a bee in your bonnet see ↑bee, 1 • • • Main Entry: ↑bonnet … Useful english dictionary
have a bee in your bonnet (about something) — informal phrase to think something is very important and think or talk a lot about it, in a way that other people may find annoying Thesaurus: to think carefully or a lot about thingssynonym Main entry: bee * * * have a ˈbee in your bonnet (about … Useful english dictionary
bee in your bonnet — If someone is very excited about something, they have a bee in their bonnet … The small dictionary of idiomes
bee in your bonnet — If someone is very excited about something, they have a bee in their bonnet. (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
Bee in your bonnet — If someone is very excited about something, they have a bee in their bonnet … Dictionary of English idioms
have a bee in bonnet — have a bee in (your) bonnet to keep talking about something again and again because you think it is important, especially something that other people do not think is important. She s got a real bee in her bonnet about people keeping their dogs… … New idioms dictionary
a bee in your bonnet — Meaning Preoccupied or obsessed with an idea. Origin Thought to have come from Robert Herrick s poem, Mad Maid s Song , 1648. Ah! woe is me, woe, woe is me! Alack and well a day! For pity, sir, find out that bee Which bore my love away. I ll seek … Meaning and origin of phrases
bee — [bi:] n [: Old English; Origin: beo] 1.) a black and yellow flying insect that makes ↑honey and can sting you ▪ a swarm of bees ▪ a bee sting 2.) have a bee in your bonnet (about sth) informal to think something is so important, so necessary etc… … Dictionary of contemporary English
bee — [ bi ] noun count ** a flying insect that has black and yellow bands and can sting you. Bees make honey, and bees that are not wild live in hives. The sound a bee makes is written as buzz. have a bee in your bonnet (about something) INFORMAL to… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
bee — I. /bi / (say bee) noun 1. any of various hymenopterous insects of the superfamily Apoidea, which includes many social and solitary bees of several families, as the bumblebees, honey bees, etc. 2. the common honey bee, Apis mellifera. –phrase 3.… …