upset, a bit angry, on edge Aunt Betsy was kind of cranky, like she had a bee in her bonnet.
put a bee in one's bonnet
Idiom(s): put a bee in one's bonnet
Theme: COMMUNICATION
to give someone an idea (about something). • Somebody put a bee in my bonnet that we should go to a movie. • Who put a bee in your bonnet?
get a bee in one's bonnet
Idiom(s): get a bee in one's bonnet
Theme: IDEA
to get an idea or a thought that remains in one's mind; to get an obsession. • I have a bee in my bonnet that you'd be a good manager. • I got a bee in my bonnet about swimming. I couldn't stop wanting to go swimming.
Bee in your bonnet
If someone is very excited about something, they have a bee in their bonnet.
have a bee in your bonnet
be obsessed by something: "He's got a real bee in his bonnet about buying a new car. "
bee in one's bonnet|bee|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.
bee in one's bonnet
bee in one's bonnet A strange idea or notion; also, an idea that is harped on, an obsession. For example, Bill's got a bee in his bonnet about burglars; he's always imagining strange noises. This term, which replaced the earlier have bees in one's head, transfers the buzzing of a bee inside one's hat to a weird idea in one's head. [Second half of 1600s]
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