| 词汇 | bee's knees |
| 释义 | bee's knees noun the acme of perfection, the best. Always preceded by 'the'; a favourite construction of the flapper of the 1920s AUSTRALIA, 1905be the bee's kneesTo be exceptionally great, excellent, or high-quality. Have you ever tried the pistachio gelato at this place? It's absolutely the bee's knees! I'm so crazy about the girl I've started seeing. I think she's the bee's knees, and I don't care who knows it! the bee's kneesdated slang Something or someone highly enjoyable, desirable, or impressive, especially in a fancy or elaborate way. Tom's new Cadillac is really the bee's knees! Boy, that singer last night was the bee's knees, wasn't she? bee's kneesSomething 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. |
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