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renard | 03:57 Wed 12th Jun 2002 | Phrases & Sayings
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to have a bee on your bonnet
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As long ago as the early 16th century, the phrase was 'a head full of bees' - to suggest nutty ideas buzzing about in there that just wouldn't go away. That then became 'a bee IN your bonnet', meaning just the same thing.
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