King Charles's head

A topic, idea, or agenda that is a source of obsessive fixation or preoccupation for one. Sometimes written "King Charles' head" (with no "s" after the apostrophe). An allusion to Charles Dickens' book David Copperfield, in which the character Mr. Dick is unable to write or speak without bringing up the topic of the severed head of King Charles. Immigration reform, the King Charles's head of the party in recent years, was again the focus of today's debate. My poor aunt can't help bringing up her troubled childhood whenever she begins a conversation with someone. The trauma of it all has become a kind of King Charles' head for her.

King Charles's head

an obsession.

This expression alludes to the character of ‘Mr Dick’, in Charles Dickens's novel David Copperfield, who could not write or speak on any matter without the subject of King Charles's head intruding.

See also: head, king

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all gas and gaiters
father
go suck an egg
(go) suck a egg
(go) suck a lemon
lemon
king is dead, long live the king, the
get in/into one's hair, to
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bee in one's bonnet, to have a

References in classic literature

However, it was very soon after the mistake was made of putting some of the trouble out of King Charles's head into my head, that the man first came.

David Copperfield

Cromwell and Bradshaw (not the guide man, but the King Charles's head man) likewise sojourned here.

Three Men In A Boat

An army, in fact, of such magnitude that had Ollie Cromwell, in his day, been able to harness this kind of power King Charles's head would, undoubtedly, have left his shoulders considerably sooner than it did.

If you want some opposition, Swansea's the place to be

Her speech attracted record low viewing figures, while voting in the BBC Today programme's poll to find Britain's greatest monarch elicited an unnervingly large number of votes for Oliver Cromwell, whose interesting views on royalty led him to chop King Charles's head off.

Stotty on Sunday: Nation's message to the Queen

The paragraph from which Clarke takes his title contains, it seems to me, an interesting idea which could be enlightening about the nature of books which may be for boys and may be for adults, spoiled by a King Charles's head: Haggard dedicated his novel, king Solomon's Mines, to all the big and little boys who read it, drawing attention, thereby, to its readership, boys with men looking over their shoulder; the boyhood of many a repressed Victorian schoolboy sexually heightened by delighting in prurience.

The English Novel in History: 1895-1920

The King Charles's Head Award for Irrelevant Fingerpointing.

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释义	King Charles's head King Charles's head A topic, idea, or agenda that is a source of obsessive fixation or preoccupation for one. Sometimes written "King Charles' head" (with no "s" after the apostrophe). An allusion to Charles Dickens' book David Copperfield, in which the character Mr. Dick is unable to write or speak without bringing up the topic of the severed head of King Charles. Immigration reform, the King Charles's head of the party in recent years, was again the focus of today's debate. My poor aunt can't help bringing up her troubled childhood whenever she begins a conversation with someone. The trauma of it all has become a kind of King Charles' head for her. See also: head, king Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. King Charles's head an obsession. This expression alludes to the character of ‘Mr Dick’, in Charles Dickens's novel David Copperfield, who could not write or speak on any matter without the subject of King Charles's head intruding. See also: head, king Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary See also: all gas and gaiters father go suck an egg (go) suck a egg (go) suck a lemon lemon king is dead, long live the king, the get in/into one's hair, to friend of Bill W. bee in one's bonnet, to have a References in classic literature However, it was very soon after the mistake was made of putting some of the trouble out of King Charles's head into my head, that the man first came. David Copperfield Cromwell and Bradshaw (not the guide man, but the King Charles's head man) likewise sojourned here. Three Men In A Boat An army, in fact, of such magnitude that had Ollie Cromwell, in his day, been able to harness this kind of power King Charles's head would, undoubtedly, have left his shoulders considerably sooner than it did. If you want some opposition, Swansea's the place to be Her speech attracted record low viewing figures, while voting in the BBC Today programme's poll to find Britain's greatest monarch elicited an unnervingly large number of votes for Oliver Cromwell, whose interesting views on royalty led him to chop King Charles's head off. Stotty on Sunday: Nation's message to the Queen The paragraph from which Clarke takes his title contains, it seems to me, an interesting idea which could be enlightening about the nature of books which may be for boys and may be for adults, spoiled by a King Charles's head: Haggard dedicated his novel, king Solomon's Mines, to all the big and little boys who read it, drawing attention, thereby, to its readership, boys with men looking over their shoulder; the boyhood of many a repressed Victorian schoolboy sexually heightened by delighting in prurience. The English Novel in History: 1895-1920 The King Charles's Head Award for Irrelevant Fingerpointing. Subject to debate
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