English [edit] EtymologySlang coined in the 1920s. Stories in circulation about the phrase's origin include: "b's and e's", short for "be-alls and end-alls"; and a corruption of "business".
[edit] Nounthe bee’s knees
(idiomatic) Something excellent, outstanding. We had strawberry shortcake for breakfast on Saturday and the kids thought it was the bee’s knees.
[edit] TranslationsSpanish: la mamá de Tarzán (referring to people, Hispano America), lo más, la hostia (colloquial, Spain), la repera (colloquial, Spain) Dutch: jé van hét, nowadays as obsolete as the bee's knees itself. http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bee%27s_knees
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You are clearly the "bee's knees"
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English
[edit] EtymologySlang coined in the 1920s. Stories in circulation about the phrase's origin include: "b's and e's", short for "be-alls and end-alls"; and a corruption of "business".
[edit] Nounthe bee’s knees
(idiomatic) Something excellent, outstanding.
We had strawberry shortcake for breakfast on Saturday and the kids thought it was the bee’s knees.
[edit] Synonymscat’s meow
cat’s pajamas, cat’s pyjamas
cat’s whiskers
[edit] TranslationsSpanish: la mamá de Tarzán (referring to people, Hispano America), lo más, la hostia (colloquial, Spain), la repera (colloquial, Spain)
Dutch: jé van hét, nowadays as obsolete as the bee's knees itself.
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bee%27s_knees
Com'on. Get with the times!
:)
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