2007-09-21 15:37:25 · 8 answers · asked by ally 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Botany
*bee's not beese
2007-09-21 15:38:10 · update #1
That's 1920s slang, it means that something is really great-or Totally Awesome!
2007-09-21 15:41:22 · answer #1 · answered by onegoodboy222 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The bee's knees was an expression from the 20's. It was basically a compliment.
2007-09-21 15:41:15 · answer #2 · answered by Katie 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Expression from the 1920's. It meant "that's cool". They also said things like "that's the cats meow". Two generations before me but I heard those expressions as a kid growing up. Still doesn't make any sense to me.
2007-09-21 15:56:23 · answer #3 · answered by chilicooker_mkb 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Lol my dad does, its weird coz bees have no knees i think its coz it rhymes
2007-09-21 15:41:05 · answer #4 · answered by zara v 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=bee%27s+knees&searchmode=none
One survivor of various animal anatomy related sayings... apparently this one was recorded in 1797 as "something insignificant."
2007-09-21 19:33:09 · answer #5 · answered by BotanyDave 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because Jack Black said it in School of Rock and it probably caught on again. -s
2007-09-21 15:44:42 · answer #6 · answered by Smarks 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i thought it was a b*tchy way of saying business. like its none of your beesknees. business..iuno it can sound the same.
2007-09-21 15:48:55 · answer #7 · answered by bobrowra 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have never heard it before LOL.
2007-09-21 15:45:27 · answer #8 · answered by shalia s 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋