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the bee's knees

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    idiomcolloquialplural
    Someone or something that is really great or cool.

    My little sister thinks her new bike is the bee's knees.

    Grandpa says this old radio was the bee's knees when he was young.

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Origin

First found in 1922, and no one is sure where it comes from. It most likely copied other silly animal phrases of the 1920s, like the cat's pajamas.