The Bee's knees! A Lesson in False Idiom Origins | Folk Etymology
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30 Minutes to Improve Your English Listening Comprehension! • Advanced Native English Listening Challeng... If these videos help you and you would like to show your appreciation, you can Buy Me a Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/idioms Supporters get exclusive audio lessons! The meaning of bee's knees is weird. Why should the bee's knees refer to something excellent? But, this is what makes it interesting, as the idiom may serve as a good lesson into how we can develop certain expectations regarding idioms and have those expectations defied, causing us to become creative and, in the end, create what is popularly (but not technically) called folk etymologies. This video relates to the folk etymology surrounding "I'm your huckleberry" so viewers of that video may be interested.
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