A Bee In Her Bonnet

Hello helpers, hello all,
While seraching the meaning, I got 2
1-Upset, a bit of angry.
2-To keep talking about something again and again because you think it is very important.

Since they are absolutely different from each other I really want to know which is the right definition, or which is the popular definition.
Thank you and regards

[Marylin]

Originally Posted by VanTMV

Hello helpers, hello all,
While seraching the meaning, I got 2
1-Upset, a bit of angry.
2-To keep talking about something again and again because you think it is very important.

Since they are absolutely different from each other I really want to know which is the right definition, or which is the popular definition.
Thank you and regards

As far as I know it's #1 and I have never heard the #2 version before.

[Dany]

If someone is very excited about something, they have a bee in their bonnet

Thank you for your promt reply
As I understand Marylin agreed with the first and Danny agreed with the 2nd
here is the source of the 2nd :
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/defi...6671&dict=CALD
and here is that of the 1st:
http://home.t-online.de/home/toni.go...iom_wm/id5.htm

It's so strange, how can an Idiom has two meanings that some people use it with one meaning and the rest use with the other, or because this idiom is not popular or appeared from long time ago so there is a cofusing in using nowaday? Can you please help me to clarify it? thanks

[Tdol]

If someone keeps on about something, we can use the idiom because they are excited about it. The talking is a syptom of the excitement.

[Tdol]

http://www.usingenglish.com/referenc...ur-bonnet.html

Hello Tdol,
Thank you for your help, but I think you just gave me the meaning, and did not mention the 1st meaning (upset and a little bit of angry). Do you know anything about that?

Hi Marylin,
May I know where are you from, because only you know the 1st meaning so I'like to know where people use it
Thanks

[Marylin]

Originally Posted by VanTMV

Hello Tdol,
Thank you for your help, but I think you just gave me the meaning, and did not mention the 1st meaning (upset and a little bit of angry). Do you know anything about that?

Hi Marylin,
May I know where are you from, because only you know the 1st meaning so I'like to know where people use it
Thanks

Hi,

Sorry, I really don't know the origins of that phrase. All I know it means to be ticked off (or pissed off). I can look around and maybe I can find some explanation. To me it's the same as saying "something's crawled up his rear end" (or ass to be exact). Not a nice phrase but the meaning is pretty much the same.

No Marylin, what I meant was: you know the 1st meaning, so i want to know where you location is, where this idiom is used to show upset and a little bit of angry

[Marylin]

Originally Posted by VanTMV

No Marylin, what I meant was: you know the 1st meaning, so i want to know where you location is, where this idiom is used to show upset and a little bit of angry

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