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bee's knees 

(adj.) Good, the best, high quality.


A deliberate mispronounciation of business
These new threads are the bee knee's.
bee's knees by Gumba Gumba August 3, 2004

Jesus's Knees 

The holiest and most sexy knees you will ever see. They are powerful enough to kill half the universe if Jesus touches them together.
Person: "Oh my god, have you seen Jesus's Knees?"
Other Person: "No...?"
Jesus: "Hey look at my Knees!"
Both People: *Faints

bee's knees 

I'm surprised no one has mentioned the origin of "bee's knees". It is a slang homophone for "business" started around the Roaring '20s. Saying something was the business meant it was the real deal and of high quality. See business definition #4, #9, #12, etc.: "top quality. a perfect 10. met to standard."
Dude, that kickflip you just did was bee's knees.
Dude, that kickflip you just did was business.
same deal.
bee's knees by Li'l Scotty July 18, 2011

bee's knees 

Bee's knees means the best, as bees carry pollen in little baskets located on its midsegments of their legs.

In Cockney rhyming slang it is said to mean "business"
A: "How did your exams go?"
B: "I'm the bee's knees"
bee's knees by holladiewaldfee April 10, 2006

Diego’s knees 

The knees that don’t exist
Fudu Salia Diego’s knees
Diego’s knees by Buddi guy December 25, 2018

bee's knees 

the bee's knees, Older Slang . (especially in the 1920s) a person or thing that is wonderful, great, or marvelous:
His new roadster is simply the bee's knees.
bee's knees by silkpantyman July 19, 2011