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the bee's knees
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Attested since 1922, of unclear origin.[1] There are several suggested origins, but it most likely arose in imitation of the numerous animal-related nonsense phrases popular in the 1920s such as the cat's pyjamas, cat's whiskers, cat's meow, gnat's elbow, monkey's eyebrows etc.[2][3][4]
A popular folk etymology has the phrase referring to the world champion dancer Bee Jackson.[5] Another suggestion is that the phrase is a corruption of business[4][6] but this may be a back-formation. The singular bee's knee is attested from the late 18th century meaning something small or insignificant in the phrase big as a bee's knee. Also as weak as a bee's knee is attested in Ireland (1870). It is possible that the bee's knees is a deliberate inversion of this meaning but is not attested.[6]
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名詞
- (idiomatic, colloquial) Something or someone excellent, surpassingly wonderful, or cool.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bee, -'s, knee. Corbiculae.
Further reading
- Mark Israel, alt.usage.english FAQ
- Kevin Cook, Dubbel Dutch, Kemper Conseil Publishing, 2001, p. 222
- “The bee's knees” in Michael Quinion, Ballyhoo, Buckaroo, and Spuds: Ingenious Tales of Words and Their Origins, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books in association with Penguin Books, 2004, →ISBN.
参照
- ^ Eric Partridge, A Dictionary of Catch Phrases, p. 45, Routledge, 1986 →ISBN.
- ^ Gary Martin (1997–) , “The-bees-knees”, in The Phrase Finder.
- ^ “The bee's knees” in Michael Quinion, World Wide Words[1], 1996–.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Harry Oliver, Bees' Knees and Barmy Armies: Origins of the Words and Phrases We Use Every Day, John Blake Publishing Ltd, 2011 →ISBN
- ^ Alison Westwood, The Little Book of Clichés, Canary Press eBooks →ISBN.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Robert Allen, Allen's Dictionary of English Phrases, Penguin UK, 2008 →ISBN.
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