[Ads-l] the bee's knees (1920)

Stephen Goranson goranson at DUKE.EDU
Sat Oct 20 08:31:16 UTC 2018


Another non-superlative use, in a nonsense anatomy lecture:

"The kidneys are much bigger than a bee's knees and much the shape of kidney beans."

(Lancaster) Wisconsin Herald, Jan. 24, 1846, 1:3. Am. Hist. Newsp.


SG

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