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H hard and fast жёсткий, строгий (о правилах, законах) M E A N I N G : strictly according to the rules The rule isn’t hard and fast but we expect you to obey it anyway. ORIGIN: This phrase is nearly always used in the negative. The original reference was to a ship that was immobilized either because it was in dry dock or because it had run aground and was fast or stuck. have a bee in one’s bonnet зациклиться на ч л; быть одержимым идеей M E A N I N G : to have a crazy idea; to be obsessed with something Mr. Davis thinks he can teach us the trombone. He must have a bee in his bonnet. ORIGIN: This 16th century expression was originally to have a head full of bees, but it changed to bee in one’s bonnet in Robert Herrick’s “Mad Maid’s Song”, a poem written in 1648. It sounds better this way because of alliteration – both words beginning with the same letter. If you have a crazy idea and can’t talk about anything else, it’s like having a bee stuck in your hat. have a butchers at something взглянуть, посмотреть M E A N I N G : to look Can I have a butchers at the newspaper? That one has lots of interesting stories about people’s private lives. I love reading gossip. 55