Citations:bee in one's bonnet

English citations of bee in one's bonnet

Noun: something of particular interest or concern

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• [1807, James Beresford, The Miseries of Human Life:

  A bee in your bonnet, a bone in your gullet, a bat in your bed room, a BULL AT YOUR BREAKFAST […]]

• [1818, James Kelly, A Complete Collection of Scottish Proverbs Explained and Made Intelligible to the English Reader:

  "There is a bee in your bonnet case." Eng: "There's a maggot in your head." Item: "There's some crotchets in your crown."]