2006-09-28 08:59:46 · 18 answers · asked by ? 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
The bee's knees is an English slang phrase.
The Oxford English Dictionary records the expression "bee's knee" from 1797 as meaning something small or insignificant.
The phrase "the bee's knees", meaning "the height of excellence", became popular in the U.S. in the 1920s, along with "the cat's whiskers" (possibly from the use of these in radio crystal sets), "the cat's pajamas" (pajamas were still new enough to be daring), and similar phrases that didn't endure: "the eel's ankle", "the elephant's instep", "the snake's hip" and "the capybara's spats".
The phrase's actual origin has not been determined, but several theories include "b's and e's" (short for "be-alls and end-alls") and a corruption of "business" ("It's the beezness.")
2006-09-28 15:38:13 · answer #1 · answered by damsel36 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your're the bees knees or it's the bees knees is a saying from the 20's or 30's that means way cool.
2006-09-28 20:07:22 · answer #2 · answered by beez 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-09-28 16:01:58 · answer #3 · answered by Taylor29 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Bees knees is the correct answer
2006-09-28 16:04:19 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2006-09-28 16:23:26 · answer #5 · answered by strictly_maggie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-09-28 16:07:01 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2006-09-28 16:01:28 · answer #7 · answered by dobbie 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's both! The Bees Knees (meaning exellence) and the B's and E's (From the saying the 'B'e alls and 'E'nd alls)
2006-09-28 16:07:24 · answer #8 · answered by estranged_73 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2006-09-28 16:01:34 · answer #9 · answered by bumblebee 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's "The Bees Knees" I believe it originated in the roaring 1920's, by what they called Flappers.
2006-09-28 16:00:47 · answer #10 · answered by JONES99679 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋