What does get the bug/be bitten by the bug means?

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Doll

#382065 Wed, 20 Jun 07 02:20 PM

Hi everyone,

May someone define me what does get the bug/ be bitten by the bug mean? Is that bug, the bug we know, I mean, the insect?

Thanks in advance. Smile [:)]

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Marius Hancu

#382089 Wed, 20 Jun 07 02:53 PM

get the virus/infection/temptation/passion for

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Doll

#382092 Wed, 20 Jun 07 02:55 PM

Thanks for the explanation. Smile [:)]

Doll

Anonymous

#382156 Wed, 20 Jun 07 04:50 PM

Marius Hancu wrote:
get the virus/infection/temptation/passion for

I usually use caught instead of get.

As in;
to receive, incur, or contract: to catch a cold.

Anonymous

Dennis Valentine

#382158 Wed, 20 Jun 07 04:52 PM

Marius Hancu wrote:
get the virus/infection/temptation/passion for

I usually use caught instead of get.

As in;
to receive, incur, or contract: to catch a dreaded lurgy. (Kiwi saying for head cold or flu)

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Feebs11

#382228 Wed, 20 Jun 07 09:00 PM

To get the bug for something or be bitten by the bug for something is an idiomatic way of saying you have become passionately interested in that something.

"I have been bitten by the bug for playing internet games"

!I have got the bug for running marathons whenever I can!

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Doll

#382243 Wed, 20 Jun 07 10:03 PM

ThanksValentine and Feebs 11. You never leave me without answer.. Smile [:)]

Doll