http://www.englishforums.com/English/GeneralEnglishVocabularyIdiom-Questions/Forum29.htmHelp with defining words and idioms, and new words and idioms that you've learntenXMOD (Build: 3614.32638)http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatDoesBittenMeans/vjnrh/post.htm#382243Mon, 23 Feb 2009 20:46:15 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:382243Doll0http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatDoesBittenMeans/vjnrh/post.htm#382243http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-382243.xmlThanksValentine and Feebs 11. You never leave me without answer..http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatDoesBittenMeans/vjnrh/post.htm#382228Fri, 23 Jan 2009 20:46:15 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:382228Feebs111http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatDoesBittenMeans/vjnrh/post.htm#382228http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-382228.xmlTo 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!http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatDoesBittenMeans/vjnrh/post.htm#382158Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:46:15 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:382158Dennis Valentine2http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatDoesBittenMeans/vjnrh/post.htm#382158http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-382158.xmlMarius 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 )http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatDoesBittenMeans/vjnrh/post.htm#382156Mon, 23 Mar 2009 20:46:15 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:382156Anonymous3http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatDoesBittenMeans/vjnrh/post.htm#382156http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-382156.xmlMarius 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.http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatDoesBittenMeans/vjnrh/post.htm#382092Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:46:15 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:382092Doll4http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatDoesBittenMeans/vjnrh/post.htm#382092http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-382092.xmlThanks for the explanation.http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatDoesBittenMeans/vjnrh/post.htm#382089Mon, 23 Mar 2009 20:46:15 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:382089Marius Hancu5http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatDoesBittenMeans/vjnrh/post.htm#382089http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-382089.xmlget the virus/infection/ temptation/passion forhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatDoesBittenMeans/vjnrh/post.htmSat, 23 May 2009 19:46:15 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:382065Doll6http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatDoesBittenMeans/vjnrh/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-382065.xmlHi 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.