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This idiom sounds as if it would be a big adventure! Everything's big for a bug!
Actually, bug here means virus (not the original meaning of 'small insect').
A virus 'gets into you', in this case, the 'infected person' has an overwhelming urge to go travelling.
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Hahaha! That's a true idiom!
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I hope it won't urge a person to go travelling on shank's mare then!
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Sorry! It's BY shank's mare!
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Ofcourse bugs are a virus!
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Of course (????? )bugs are a virus!
What do you mean 'of course' ???
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Offcourse -- double F!
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Maybe she is refering to mosquitos, aren't you?
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Maybe she is refering to mosquitos, aren't you?
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Sorry, you've lost me there!!
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Lost? Were we racing? Oh I was unaware!
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