put the bee on | Idiomator

Meaning: (slang,transitive,chieflyUS)Tofinish off; tobeat.2001, Travis Beal Jacobs,Eisenhower at Columbia, Transaction, page152:When Carmen quipped in, “Well, Mr. President somebody has toput the bee onthem,” the General asserted, “It won't be me, never.”; (slang,transitive,chieflyUS)Tobegfrom; to borrow money from.1938, Clifford Robe Shaw, Henry Donald McKay, “et al.”, inBrothers in Crime, University of Chicago, page157:Sometimes I'd see a woman in the backyard, and, if she had a kind face I'dput the bee onher.1945, John Steinbeck,Cannery Row:I don’t want to be the kind of a guy that would take advantage of him. You know one time Iput the bee onhim for a buck.

Examples:

EN: Says she's gonna put the bee on you for shoving her out on the cold, cold snow.
ES: Dice que va a hacerte chantaje por haberle dado de lado.
EN: Why'd you put the bee on Mrs. Rutledge?
ES: ¿Por qué echó el anzuelo a la Sra. Rutledge?
ID: kenapa dalam hal ini kau melibatkan Mrs. Rutledge?
EN: I was saving one for you gypsies, but, well, that Gallant Lady outfit put the bee on me for the whole shebang.
ES: ¿lo amarro a un árbol? Estaba guardando una para ustedes, pero... Ese tío, de Dallant Lady me metió el miedo en el cuerpo, ya conoce a Dallant Lady...

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