the bee's knees
Noun
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Noun
- Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see bee, 's, knee Corbiculae.
- (idiomatic, colloquial) Something or someone excellent, surpassingly wonderful, or cool.
- Synonyms: cat's meow, cat's pajamas, dog's bollocks, the bomb, Thesaurus:best
- We had strawberry shortcake for breakfast on Saturday and the kids thought it was the bee's knees.
- I used to play in a band when I was younger. We had a few fans and we thought we were the bee's knees.
- French: c'est le must (colloquial), le nec plus ultra (standard)
- German: das Gelbe vom Ei
- Italian: il meglio del meglio
- Russian: отпад
- Spanish: la mamá de Tarzán (referring to people, Hispano America), lo más, la hostia (colloquial, Spain), la leche (colloquial, Spain), la polla (vulgar, Spain), la repera (colloquial, Spain), la neta (colloquial, Mexico), las perlas de la virgen (colloquial, Mexico)
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