the bee's knees
the bee's knees :
the bee's knees
something or someone outstandingly good – informal
The bee's knees was first used to refer to something small and insignificant, but it quickly developed its current, completely opposite meaning.
have a bee in your bonnet
have an obsessive preoccupation with something – informal
This expression, along with have bees in the head or bees in the brain, was first used to refer to someone who was regarded as crazy or eccentric.
make a beeline for
go rapidly and directly towards
The phrase refers to the straight line supposedly taken instinctively by a bee returning to its hive.
1997 - Bookseller - And when he heard that people might like him to sign copies of his new novel... he cut the small talk and made a beeline for the stall.
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