Why do we say somthing?

Question

is the Bee's knee's if it is a good thing?

Do Bee's have knee's ?

Answer 1

lol,dont know,i say its the dogs b_ _ _oks,you should know that,you're a Northerner.x

Answer 2

If somethings the Bees Knees then it is a good thing. I.E. My car is the Bees Knees.

Answer 3

well the good things in life are like honey to some, so as bees carry pollen to make honey on there legs, the saying its the bees knees means its a good thing, or the best!

and yes they have knees, as many knees as legs, :) (6)

Answer 4

My guess would be that the good thing is rare. Like knowing whether or not bees even have knees. I don't know. I think i need coffee

Answer 5

bees knees a derivation of "the business" the best the top dog the right thing to do

Answer 6

Hi,there ,
People also say it's the Cat's whiskers.
Which means the "best"
I think because cats are believed t
to use their whiskers to go through a gap ,If the whiskers fit then so did the cat!!
Don't know about bees. Possibly just the sound.

Answer 7

I assume bees have knees...they have legs. I'm afraid of bees.

Answer 8

People still use that phrase? That's so Roaring Twenties.
...And I don't know about bees having knees.

Answer 9

Is that like a 1920's saying? Like "gams"??? "Gee getta load of the gams on that broad...they are the bee's knees"

Answer 10

The expression was coined in the 1920s by an American cartoonist named Tad Dorgan, who also graced the language with such corny superlatives as "the cat's pajamas" and less durable ones such as the "the flea's eyebrows" and - a real clunker - "the canary's tusks." Dorgan also came up with: "Yes, we have no bananas."

There are alternative suggestions about its origin here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/notesandqueries/query/0,5753,-19782,00..html

Answer 11

It's a saying from the 50's. I like it!