Hello Everyone! "She had caught the bug" What does this actually mean here? After almost a decade of performing, she started to discover marvelous things about herself. What would she do with them? S

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Hello Everyone! "She had caught the bug" What does this actually mean here? After almost a decade of performing, she started to discover marvelous things about herself. What would she do with them? She had caught the bug and acting became her life.

12 apr 2021 13:28

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It means she had become addicted to acting. She loved it so much that she couldn't stop doing it.

12 aprile 2021

online Collins dictionary - "bug" meaning #6 https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/bug SINGULAR NOUN [oft noun NOUN] You can say that someone has been bitten by a particular bug when they suddenly become very enthusiastic about something. [informal] I've definitely been bitten by the gardening bug. Roundhay Park in Leeds was the place I first got the fishing bug.

12 aprile 2021

I agree with Claire. Enjoy something so much it is "addictive".

12 aprile 2021

Literally, it means she was infected with a microbe. But figuratively, it means she found something that she was very interested in, something that she liked a lot, in this case, acting.

12 aprile 2021

"she caught the bug" is usually slang for when someone gets sick from the flu. So in this case it's a metaphor, she tried acting and was infected with her love of doing it and can't stop.

12 aprile 2021

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