bee's knees重要的人物；最棒的東西蜜蜂的膝蓋怎麼會與best扯上關係呢？有兩種說法：一是因為押韻，念起來順口；二是因為蜜蜂在採蜜時，膝部常沾滿了大量蜜粉，所以引申為「最精華的部分」。注意這個習語現在較不常見。
看看老外聊天時怎麼用bee's knees：
Lena: You look in high spirits. Why's that?
Jim: There's a new girl in our division. I think she's the bee's knees.
Lena: That tall and thin girl? She seems all right, I guess.
Jim: She has a unique appeal to me. I can't stop thinking about her.
Lena: If you like her so much, you should try asking her out.
莉娜：你看起來神採飛揚，怎麼啦？
吉姆：我們部門新來了個女生我覺得她棒極了。
莉娜：那個身材高挑的女生？我覺得她還好啦。
吉姆：她對我有一種特別的吸引力，我沒辦法不去想她。
莉娜：如果你真的那麼喜歡她，就該試著約她出去。
bee's knees例句精選：
Larry always thinks he's the bee's knees.
拉裡總是認為自己最重要、最了不起。
Eleanor thinks Richard is the bee's knees, though I can't imagine why.
埃莉諾認為理察是最了不起的，可是我不明白為什麼。
He may be the bee's knees at his college, but I don't think there's much competition there.
他可能是他的學院裡最有才學的人，但我認為那裡的競爭並不激烈。
If something was the best of its kind, you might say it was the bee's knees.
如果某個東西是同類中最好的，你可以說它是「最好的東西」。
拓展學習：
paramount 最重要的；主要的
self-esteem 自尊
weightye 重量級的
be second to none 當仁不讓；第一名
drop sth.like a hot potato 避之唯恐不及