bee in one's bonnet
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.25 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Something of particular interest or concern; an obsession.
Example Sentences
- "He has had a bee in his bonnet ever since he heard about the problem."
- "The BBC is well used to being a punchbag for every crank with a bee in their bonnet or a score to settle but some critics are not so easily dismissed."
- "McCain stands up for nuclear energy. This puts a spring in my step and a song in my heart. I have to give him credit; when he has a bee in his bonnet, he is often willing to stand up for things, like free trade and immigration, that freak voters out."
- "Giraffedata has a single bee in his bonnet, the phrase "comprised of." He has written a 6,000-word essay on his Wikipedia user page explaining why he thinks it's an egregious error."
- "Reader Vivien Bailey also has a bee in her bonnet: “The usage that I detest is the growing use of the word ‘birth’ as a verb. This seems to have come in waves starting five or six years ago, and we’re in the middle of a wave now.”"