2002 · Q17
A bee in one's bonnet
General EnglishVocabulary
- ATo be very enterprising
- BTo be very timid and shy
- CTo have an impractical idea
- DTo have a particular idea which occupies one's thoughts continually
Explanation
'A bee in one's bonnet' means an idea or obsession that continually occupies one's thoughts. It is a persistent fixation, not merely an impractical idea (C), and it is unrelated to enterprise (A) or timidity (B). Hence (D), the continual-occupation sense, is correct.