be the cat's whiskers

(British & Australian)

to be better than everyone else I thought I was the cat's whiskers in my new dress.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Hertha	['hɜ:θə]
Gennadios	-	Ancient Greek
Hossein	-	Persian
Spencer	SPEN-sər	English
Venera	vye-NYE-rah (Russian), vee-NYE-rah (Russian)	Russian, Bulgarian, Albanian
Faustino	-	Spanish, Italian, Portuguese