tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1101987229690110615.post3788517440958320505..comments2014-02-01T09:41:43.188-05:00Comments on No, I'm Not Kim Possible: Trash Day TuesdayAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00798117454284102636noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1101987229690110615.post-63667779116888197682013-07-23T14:02:57.235-04:002013-07-23T14:02:57.235-04:00I had to figure out where it came from, so here yo...I had to figure out where it came from, so here you go:<br />(from the Oxford Dictionary Online)<br />The phrase was first recorded in the late 18th century, when it was used to mean 'something very small and insignificant'. Its current meaning dates from the 1920s, at which time a whole collection of American slang expressions were coined with the meaning 'an outstanding person or thing'. Examples included the flea's eyebrows, the canary's tusks, and one that still survives - the cat's whiskers. The switch in meaning for the bee's knees probably emerged because it was so similar in structure and pattern to these other phrases.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00798117454284102636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1101987229690110615.post-72866098816046319472013-07-23T10:59:16.480-04:002013-07-23T10:59:16.480-04:00:) the bees knees???! ok, thats just too far out t...:) the bees knees???! ok, thats just too far out there. you can't even see bees knees. do they even have knees? and how did someone even come up with that? <br />Yeah - I think i would have used "lowdown" in your last sentence more than just every day talk, but cool! :) I think that idioms are the funniest and most confusing! and now I know another one! :)Islands Girl 👣🌴🌺https://www.blogger.com/profile/13636549773427849294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1101987229690110615.post-14704905039807536672013-07-23T10:11:53.600-04:002013-07-23T10:11:53.600-04:00Rubbish...duh. I probably knew that, it's just...Rubbish...duh. I probably knew that, it's just not familiar to me. How funny is that...I'm trying to he a smart mouth and help you out and you end up having to set me straight! haha<br /><br />I have heard "cat's pajamas", and you used it correctly! You could also says "the's bees knees". <br /><br />The lowdown is like...getting all the good info on something. Like "getting the scoop". Kind of like getting all the juicy gossip or just knowing all the details in general. It's definitely mysterious, kind of like...lemme give you the lowdown on the drug deal that's going on tomorrow.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00798117454284102636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1101987229690110615.post-23255947380327597282013-07-23T09:00:26.010-04:002013-07-23T09:00:26.010-04:00Now you're speaking my language! :) It's &...Now you're speaking my language! :) It's "rubbish bin" not "rubbage bin." but I can see how you would think its rubbage bin when listening to aussie's speak because of their accent. <br />Also, great lesson! :) I always get hookey and hickie confused. maybe you spell that hicky. i don't know. but i always say "playing hicky or hooky." <br />The newest phrase I learned was "cat's pajamas." Did you know it means something fancy or cool? So here's my learned sentence based on my learned definition of cats pajamas. <br />The fact that Kim now recycles is the cat's pajamas!<br />and "give the lowdown." .... what's a lowdown? it sounds like something suspicious, like its mysterious and evil being so low and down. haha.<br />Good thing I can read between the lines and pick up on social cues and context because if I couldn't, well.... then I would be pretty dumb. :)<br />Islands Girl 👣🌴🌺https://www.blogger.com/profile/13636549773427849294noreply@blogger.com