be the bee's knees Idiome

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crawl on my hands and knees over broken glass just

do anything to be closer to her, worship the ground she walks on I'm so in love I'd crawl on my hands and knees over miles of broken glass to see her photo.

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the bee's knees

the best, superior, the cat's meow Kay was voted best citizen. Now she thinks she's the bee's knees.

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bee's knees

the best; this term originates from the prolific slang of the Flappers along with the similar 'cats whiskers'. See "dog's bollocks" [U.S. 1920s]

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drop to one's knees

kneel down跪下
The man dropped to his knees，begging for mercy．那人跪了下来，请求宽恕。

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on one's knees

1． pleading； begging very hard求饶
The children were on their knees for hours before their parents agreed to their camping plans．孩子们求了几个小时家长才同意让他们去野营。
2．in a very weak condition；near failure处于困境；濒临失败
The company was on its knees owing to a decrease in its sales．由于销售额下降，公司陷入了困境。

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Weak at the knees

If people go weak at the knees, they have a powerful emotional reaction to something and feel that they might fall over.

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bring to one's knees|bring|knee|knees

v. phr. To seriously weaken the power or impair the function of. The fuel shortage brought the automobile industry to its knees.

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in the lap of the gods|god|gods|knee|knees|lap|on

adv. phr., literary Beyond human control; not to be decided by anyone. Frank had worked hard as a candidate, and as election day came he felt that the result was in the lap of the gods. The armies were evenly matched and the result of the battle seemed to be on the knees of the gods.

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on one's knees|knee|knees|on

adj. phr. 1. Pleading; begging very hard. The boys were on their knees for hours before their parents agreed to their camping plans. The Jacksons won't contribute to the Red Cross unless you get on your knees. 2. In a very weak condition; near failure. When the graduates of the school heard that it was on its knees they gave money generously so that it would not close.

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bring to one's knees

bring to one's knees
Make one submit; reduce to a position of subservience. For example, Solitary confinement usually brings prisoners to their knees. This particular phrase dates only from the late 1800s, although there were earlier versions alluding to being on one's knees as a gesture of submission.

be the bee's knees

To be awfully great, excellent, or high-quality. Have you anytime approved the pistachio gelato at this place? It's actually the bee's knees! I'm so crazy about the babe I've started seeing. I anticipate she's the bee's knees, and I don't affliction who knows it!Learn more: knee

the bee's knees

dated slang Article or addition awful enjoyable, desirable, or impressive, abnormally in a adorned or busy way. Tom's new Cadillac is absolutely the bee's knees! Boy, that accompanist aftermost night was the bee's knees, wasn't she?Learn more: knee

the bee's knees

BRITISH, OLD-FASHIONEDIf article or addition is the bee's knees, they are acutely good. I admired this anorak aback I bought it — I anticipation it was the bee's knees. Note: Some bodies accept that this announcement refers to the way in which bees alteration pollen (= the crumb that flowers make) from their bodies to pollen sacs on their aback legs. However, it seems added acceptable that it dates from the 1920s, aback added agnate expressions such as `the cat's pyjamas' began to be used. Learn more: knee

the bee's knees

article or addition conspicuously good. informal The bee's knees was aboriginal acclimated to accredit to article baby and insignificant, but it bound developed its current, absolutely adverse meaning.Learn more: knee

the ˌbee’s ˈknees

(informal) a admirable being or thing: He thinks he’s the bee’s knees (= has a aerial assessment of himself).Learn more: knee

bee's knees

Something that's excellent. This cool byword that was accepted in the 1920s was, like “the cat's whiskers,” the agnate of today's “really cool” or “it's amazing!” It went the way of such chichi expressions, which is to say, out.Learn more: knee

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