where does the saying " i think you're the bees' knees" come from?

Answer 1

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. )

Answer 2

Meaning of "The Bee's Knees"
"The Bee's Knees" is a term indicating excellence - the highest quality. Because bees carry pollen back to the hive in sacs on their legs. The allusion is to the concentrated goodness to be found around the bee's knee.

The Oxford English Dictionary records the expression bee's knee as meaning the type of something small or insignificant from 1797. The plural form is US slang dating from the 1920s, when there was an explosion of terms meaning 'the height of excellence': Compare the cat's whiskers/pyjamas. The first example is dated 1923. Some of these have lasted, and some have not (the flea's eyebrows, the canary's tusks).

Answer 3

When bees flit from flower to flower the nectar sticks to their legs in sacs on 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; the allusion is to the concentrated goodness to be found around the bee's knee.


bee's knees origin
A bee's "corbiculae", or pollen-baskets, are located on its
tibiae (midsegments of its legs). 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" (pyjamas were
still new enough to be daring), and similar phrases which made lesssense and didn't endure: "the eel's ankle", "the elephant's
instep", "the snake's hip". 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".

Answer 4

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Answer 5

It is a term used to show admiration or affection. It refers to the "pollen baskets" or the specialized areas on a bee's legs where pollen collects as it walks on a flower. The pollen is used to make honey which is both sweet and vital to the survival of the hive.

Answer 6

i don't know because i have never heard it before