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Old 24-Mar-2008, 09:38
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Default Re: A Bee In Her Bonnet

I have always understood this expression as meaning "being fixated on" or "being hung up on" something. I have heard a crude American version of it: "he has a bug up his ass." Someone who is particularly preoccupied with a particular issue, is said to "have a bee in his bonnet" about it.

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