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Where does the phrase the bees knees originate from? The earliest 1907 makes the pun on business, some are just nonsense, and several 1922s are in the form [somebody something]'s the bees' knees Here's the 1907 Mr Goggles by Henry Collins Brown: Bee-raising is a good side line for the farmer, especially since the swell restaurants have made a specialty of fried bees' knees Such a beesness!
The Bees Knees - English Language Usage Stack Exchange Google ngrams show recent (certainly since 2000) surges in usage of 'bee's knees' both in their US and UK corpora, but a brief look at examples does indeed seem to indicate almost all are in period or whimsical styles –
New HW98 has threaded barrel - Airguns Guns Forum Yes it is better than the SW 78G and it should be it has PCP pressure to really USE the 22 in an AIR pistol The marauders by Crossman only make me laugh compared to the HW44 and anyone with a pistol he or she thinks is the bees knees makes me laugh when it's not the HW44 PCP pistol in 22
Crosman Drifter, what power levels can you expect? The little Chinese chronograph is the bees knees for $30 00 Over 20 pumps was very erratic losing over 100 FPS at times For reference my Weihrauch HW 95 with 12" barrel clocked at average of 669 6FPS and 14 24 FPE
Which powerplant requires the least maintenance? I have a Dragonfly that I really like I haven't had to work on it yet Its drawbacks are that it is heavy, it takes 8 strokes to make about 13 fpe, and I can only reach to about 30-35 yards confidently A single cocking charging motion that gets me out to 40 or 50 yards would be the bees knees
You are on your knees - English Language Usage Stack Exchange English is complicated in this way Sometimes phrases such as 'on your knees' become colloquially significant or synonyms for verbs In this case, the phrase, as written, semantically implies submission That said, a lot depends on the context in which it is written For example, these two sentences use the phrase 'on your knees' very differently:
Birds and bees origins - English Language Usage Stack Exchange On the other hand, the existence of a volume by John Burroughs titled Birds and Bees (1887)—part of a series of "Books for the Study of Nature Suitable for Use in Schools" suggests that the sex-talk connotation of "the birds and the bees" may have been less widespread in the late 1800s than Ammer and Wordsworth imply Burroughs's work is a