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bee's knees

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bee's knees
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(functioning as singular) Informal an excellent or ideally suitable person or thing
bee's knees - Used from 1797 for "something insignificant."
See also related terms for insignificant.
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The new campus is apparently the absolute bee's knees, costing pounds 29 million to build and boasting state-of-the-art facilities.
I'm heading through to Grangemouth by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
But as England put the final touches to their preparations to face Wales in Cardiff tomorrow, Haskell said: "I don't want to disagree with what Lawrence says but no-one thinks they are the bee's knees - I don't think Martin Johnson or the rest of the players would allow that.
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The feeling and impression I get from dealing with players in this camp is that everyone is very hard-working and noone thinks they are the bee's knees," said Haskell.
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