bee's knees

British  

noun

1. informal (functioning as singular) an excellent or ideally suitable person or thing

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Example Sentences

What was once the “bee’s knees” would later become “groovy” which changed to “fire.”

From Los Angeles Times

"They all assume we think we're the bee's knees," she confessed.

From BBC

“I think the genre is wide open right now in the best way ever,” he says as he orders another drink — a bee’s knees, to be exact — from a server.

From Los Angeles Times

You’d be left with Washington, Oregon, Cal Stanford, Washington State and Oregon State as the bare-bones Pac-6, which was the bee’s knees in 1923 but not so viable in 2023.

From Seattle Times

While the gin for the elegant Bee’s Knees is Barr Hill from Vermont, the honey to sweeten it comes from a queen bee breeder in Baltimore.

From Washington Post