have a bee in your bonnet
/hæv ə ˌbiː ɪn jə ˈbɒnɪt/INFORMAL · C1
SA FILIPINOMALAPIT NA KATUMBAS
parang sirang plaka
Literal na kahulugan: «may bubuyog sa sombrero»
Kahulugan
to keep talking about an idea you consider very important
Paulit-ulit na magsalita tungkol sa ideyang itinuturing niyang napakahalaga.
Mga halimbawa
- 1Dad has a bee in his bonnet about recycling and brings it up at every meal.
- 2I’ve had a bee in my bonnet about the library’s short opening hours for months.
- 3Rosa has a bee in her bonnet: every conversation somehow returns to plastic packaging and how to reduce it.
- 4Once Dan has a bee in his bonnet, he brings the same proposal to every meeting until we discuss it.
- 5You have a bee in your bonnet about that font; you’ve mentioned changing it in all six emails.
Grammar
Nagbabago ang have at ang possessive ayon sa subject: has, had; my, her, their. Madalas itong sinusundan ng about at ng isang noun o -ing form.
Iba pang idiom tungkol sa mga hayop
Lahat ng 20 idiom at ang quiz ng paksa →a wild goose chasewalang saysay na paghahanap na hindi magtatagumpaybark up the wrong treemagkamali tungkol sa sanhi o solusyonthe lion’s sharepinakamalaking bahagi ng isang bagaysmell a ratmaghinala na may pandaraya o panlilinlanga one-trick ponytao o bagay na sa iisang uri lang ng gawain mahusaylet the cat out of the bagmagbunyag ng lihim, kadalasan nang hindi sinasadya
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