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bee's_knees
the bee's knees
English
Noun
- Used other than as an idiom: see bee, 's, knee. Corbiculae.
- (idiomatic, colloquial) Something or someone excellent, surpassingly wonderful, or cool.
- We had strawberry shortcake for breakfast on Saturday and the kids thought it was the bee's knees.
- I used to play in a band when I was younger. We had a few fans and we thought we were the bee's knees.
- There is a new bee's knees every few minutes in New York.
Synonyms
- (something or someone excellent): ant's pants, cat's meow, cat's pajamas, cat's pyjamas, cat's whiskers, dog's bollocks, the bomb, the business, (vulgar) the ****, (vulgar) the tits
Translations
something excellent, outstanding
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References
- ↑ Eric Partridge, A Dictionary of Catch Phrases, p. 45, Routledge, 1986 ISBN 041505916X.
- 1 2 Harry Oliver, Bees' Knees and Barmy Armies: Origins of the Words and Phrases We Use Every Day, John Blake Publishing Ltd, 2011 ISBN 1857829441
- ↑ Alison Westwood, The Little Book of Clichés, Canary Press eBooks ISBN 1907795138.
- 1 2 Robert Allen, Allen's Dictionary of English Phrases, Penguin UK, 2008 ISBN 0140515119.
- Mark Israel, alt.usage.english FAQ
- Kevin Cook, Dubbel Dutch, Kemper Conseil Publishing, 2001, p. 222
- "The bee's knees" in Michael Quinion, Ballyhoo, Buckaroo, and Spuds, 2004.
- http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/the-bees-knees.html