Meaning of the bee's knees | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

Something or someone excellent, surpassingly wonderful, or cool.
colloquial, dated, idiomatic, plural, plural-only
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bee, -'s, knee. Corbiculae.
plural, plural-only

Deutsch das Gelbe vom Ei

Español la hostia la leche la mamá de Tarzán

Français c'est le must le nec plus ultra

Italiano il meglio del meglio

Nederlands je van het neusje van de zalm

Português do balacobaco fora de série

Русский отпад

“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.”

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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.