| 单词 | to have a bug up one's ass |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto have a bug up one's ass (also arse, etc.) Phrases P1. to put (also leave, etc.) a bug in a person's ear (and variants): to put an idea or a suggestion to someone, especially one that is hard to resist or ignore; to make someone aware of something, especially something of a confidential nature.In quot. 1859 showing similar use of to go away with a bug in one's ear. ΚΠ 1859 Nebraska Advertiser (Brownville) 6 Oct. 2/1 Many who attended the speaking expecting 'fun', went away with a 'bug in their ear!'—Mr. Pollock..'opened the eyes of the natives' by presenting facts, figures, dates, and documents.] 1875 Findlay (Ohio) Jeffersonian 5 Feb. 3/3 We still hear complaints about the lamp-lighter not attending to his business. For several nights past he has neglected to light some lamps on West Main Cross street. The Council should put a small bug in his ear. 1885 C. Baswitz Levy the Drummer (typescript, Libr. of Congr.) i. i. 3 Will, I have been wanting to put a bug in your ear, all morning... Listen Boys... There is a young Sheenie selling clothing..; I propose we put up a job on him. 1921 H. A. Franck Working North from Patagonia xx. 536 Leaving that bug in their ears, we finally ended our long and leisurely diplomatic conference. 1963 G. Ryga Hungry Hills 129 He don't know we're in moonshine, but he put a bug into the cop's ear. 1998 Billboard 26 Sept. 16/2 Making an album of movie tracks wasn't his idea; Columbia Records president Don Jenner put the bug in his ear. 2003 C. G. Appy Patriots 6 The assistant division commander did not like the way I was operating... So he put a bug in the ear of the division commander. P2. to have (also get) a bug in one's ear: to be obsessed or strongly influenced by a particular idea, plan, etc., esp. one that is unrealistic or irrational. ΚΠ 1876 World (N.Y.) 28 Sept. 2/5 A meeting of the depositors of the Bond Street Savings Bank was held..in the Bowery, last night...One speaker addressed the meeting in a feeble voice, amid cries of 'Shut up', 'You have got a bug in your ear', 'This is a packed meeting.' &c. 1901 J. Habermehl Life on Western Rivers 209 Thus I got a bug in my ear not to hire out unless under a special contract in the presence of witnesses. 1941 Boilermakers Jrnl. Apr. 112/1 So many welders doing a general run of maintenance work soon get to feel they are class A welders. They get a bug in their ear. 1993 J. Agee Strange Angels (1994) xvi. 217 Inez has a bug in her ear about something. 2008 M. J. Miller Outside looking In xv. 375 Ordinarily a good and balanced critic of television, he seems to have had a bug in his ear when it came to this show. P3. U.S. slang. to have bugs (in one’s head or brain): to be mad or mentally unstable. Cf. bugs adj. 1. ΚΠ 1903 ‘O. Henry’ in McClure's Mag. July 329/1 Poor Billy. He's got bugs. Sitting on ice, and calling his best friends pseudonyms. 1914 J. Hawthorne Subterranean Brotherhood xiii. 247 Whether the beetle was alive and got away, or whether the prisoner himself had ‘bugs’, as the slang is, at any rate the examiners reported no beetle. 1962 H. F. Searles in Jrnl. Amer. Psychoanalytic Assoc. 10 30 It was only later on in her therapy that she became able to realize that she, in a figurative sense, ‘was “bugs”’, or ‘had bugs in her head’, so to speak. 1996 C. Emery Dangerous Games iv. 55 The man has bugs in his brain! He can't even comb his hair. P4. Originally and chiefly U.S. to have a bug up one's ass (also arse, etc.) (and variants). Also in similative contexts. a. To be obsessed or strongly influenced by an idea, plan, etc., esp. one that is unrealistic or irrational; to have an obsession about. Cf. to have (also get) a bug in one's ear at Phrases 2. ΚΠ 1949 A. I. Bezzerides Thieves' Market iii. 24 The old man died with a bug up his ass [sc. a dream of running his own business]. 1951 M. Spillane One Lonely Night iii. 59 You think I was taken in by that vacation line? Hell. You have another bug up your behind. It has to do with those green cards. 1988 G. Matthews Gold Flake Hydrant xii. 170 She's really got a bug up her ass about this Washington thing, a brainwave that'll swamp her. 2011 Courier-Post (New Jersey) (Nexis) 1 Oct. 16/3 The irrepressible Adelaide keeps busting into the Harmons' home. 'Addie will always find a way in... She has a bug up her ass about this house. Always has'. b. To be annoyed, angry, or in a bad mood. Also (chiefly with about, over, etc.): to have a persistent grievance with or dislike for someone or something. ΚΠ 1949 V. Van Praag Day without End vii. 86 That lousy Wormsley..gets a bug up his ass every time he thinks he should make noises like an intelligence officer. 1955 B. Schulberg Waterfront ix. 118 The pier superintendent has a bug up his rump this morning. 1982 E. Leonard Cat Chaser xiv. 187 These people with little bugs up their ass, they come here to cause trouble. 1999 Toronto Star (Nexis) 8 Aug. DeShields has a bug up his butt, steaming..about all the positive press rookie Jerry Hairston has garnered while filling in at second. 2016 W. Wright Icons: Celebrity Satire 252 Prince Charles was less than pleased... ‘Me mum's had a bug up her arse about Camilla ever since I took a fancy to her.’ c. To be or become restless or nervous; to fidget. ΚΠ 1950 Opus Pistorum (typescript, Univ. Calif. Los Angeles) II. ii. 48 Billie could talk about Jean all afternoon,..but I have a bug up my ass. 1960 G. Sire Deathmakers xiii. 164 It's going to be tough shit if just one of them gets a bug up his ass. 1990 E. Leonard Get Shorty (1998) xii. 109 Ray Bones is looking for you. He's got some kind of bug up his ass, can't sit still. 2015 A. Malkin Morgan xxii. 171 They're constantly moving around like they've got bugs up their asses. < as lemmas |
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