Idée fixe

Literally means "set idea" or "fixed idea" (from the French), pronounced: ee dày feeks

Fixation, obsession, an idea that remains fixed and unchanging in the mind and becomes an obsession

I really want to meet this girl again, it's my idée fixe

I have an obsession with money, to be a rich man is an idée fixe

by agent0007 August 12, 2009