bee's knees



bee's knees

Something that's excellent. This nonsensical phrase that was popular in the 1920s was, like “the cat's whiskers,” the equivalent of today's “really cool” or “it's amazing!” It went the way of such faddish expressions, which is to say, out.
See also: knee

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Paulu-Corsican
Eburwin-Ancient Germanic
Shyama-Hinduism, Indian, Hindi
Glass[glɑ:s]
Georgi-Bulgarian
BeauBOEnglish