Idiom
Rebus brain teasers use words or letters in interesting orientations to represent common phrases.
What idiom does the following refer to?
The E's feet
The D's ankles
The C's shins
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The A's thighs
HintWork up the body.
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Answer
The bee's knees
When bees climb inside a cup of a flower, pollen sticks to their bodies. The bees then carefully comb this off and transfer it to pollen sacks on their back legs. The most widely supported view is that the expression refers to the delicate way in which the bees bend their knees as they perform this operation.
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xdbtcp    
May 11, 2009
| Thought it was something like 'out of business'...
(never heard that expression) |
Paladin   
May 11, 2009
| Easy but cute  |
Jimbo   
May 11, 2009
| I got a buzz out of that one  |
bradon182001   
May 24, 2009
| I guess I never knew what the expression meant, exactly. Now I do, Thanks for posting.  |
Barticus   
May 29, 2009
| I am 52 years old, and though I am familiar with the expression, I am not old enough to remember when it was current. This is really reaching for a teaser. |
TheBrainBender   
May 29, 2009
| (yawns) too easy |
getoffursausage   
Jun 04, 2009
| I liked it! I am young, and I have heard the expression plenty of times
Great teaser! |
marie04   
Aug 29, 2009
| Cute. I didn't get it though.. :laugh |
marie04   
Aug 29, 2009
| * |
TallTimber   
Feb 20, 2010
| Never would have figured that out. |
Holo   
Feb 28, 2010
| Hehe. The B's knees. |
musicfanperson 
Jun 27, 2010
| It was pretty easy, but great teaser anyway.  |
geekymeek
Feb 21, 2011
| It's easy if u think about it, but if u don't then it defeats the purpose of a brain teaser |
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