Tuesday, June 28, 2005

Words: Bee's Knees

When I heard someone using the phrase, "It's the business", recently, it occurred to me that it might be related to the phrase, "It's the bee's knees". Answers.com says yes, "the business" is derived from "the bee's knees". The Telegraph says that "bee's knees" is a nonsense phrase from the Jazz Age, and also mentions "the dog's bollocks".

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