Question of the Day #1037

Check out some of the words that were the bee’s knees—or should we say “berries”?—back in the roaring ’20s.

From the headline of this article at the Reader's Digest.

  上記の文で、bee's kneesの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "bee's knees" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

《the ～》一流の［飛びきり素晴らしい］人［物］

   

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

a highly admired person or thing

 

Examples

• She's the bee's knees.
• Have you tried this ice cream? It's the bee's knees, it really is.
• Her new roadster is simply the bee's knees.
• Back in the '80s it was the bee's knees but now it looks horribly out of date.
• It ended up getting a little help from some pals who also proved to be the bee's knees. The Sun (2017)

   

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