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What is bee's knees?
excellent - the highest quality.
Bees carry pollen back to the hive in sacks on their legs. It is tempting to explain this phrase as alluding to the concentrated goodness to be found around the bee's knee.
Alison: Swanson, I think you're wonderful.
Swanson: Well, Alison, I think you're the bees knees.
bee's knees - video
Bee's knees - what is it?
adj. used to describe something in a positive way, c. 1950's.
"that outfit is just the bee's knees!"
What does "bee's knees" mean?
When bees flit from flower to flower the nectar sticks to their legs. The phrase "bee's knees" means sweet and good, because the knees of the bee are where all the sweet, good stuff is collected.
That definition about moving around really fast is wrong.
You bought me a coffee? You're the bee's knees!
Bee's knees - what does it mean?
A variation on breezies or beezy. Bay area term for women. Generally reserved for stuck up girls.
Damn did you try talking to that girl? Hell no she was a bee's knees.
Bee's knees - meaning
1. The best/really good
2. Another way of saying business. (it kinda rhymes)
1. Hey, how was that beef jerkey? It was the bee's knees.
2. Wuz crackin' Gs? And how is the bee's knees?
Bee's knees - definition
An expression from the 20s meaning an extraordinary person, thing, idea; the ultimate.
You're such a wonderful person! You really are the bee's knees.
Bee's knees - slang
the bee's knees, Older Slang . (especially in the 1920s) a person or thing that is wonderful, great, or marvelous:
His new roadster is simply the bee's knees.
Bee's knees
Bee's knees means the best, as bees carry pollen in little baskets located on its midsegments of their legs.
In Cockney rhyming slang it is said to mean "business"
A: "How did your exams go?"
B: "I'm the bee's knees"
Bee's knees
I'm surprised no one has mentioned the origin of "bee's knees". It is a slang homophone for "business" started around the Roaring '20s. Saying something was the business meant it was the real deal and of high quality. See business definition #4, #9, #12, etc.: "top quality. a perfect 10. met to standard."
Dude, that kickflip you just did was bee's knees.
Dude, that kickflip you just did was business.
same deal.
Bee's knees
(adj.) Good, the best, high quality.
A deliberate mispronounciation of business
These new threads are the bee knee's.