h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

At work we were just wondering what was so great about the bee's knees. Can anyone enlighten us with the answer?

And while we're talking about such things what exactly is so desirable about the dog's b*ll*cks?

According to an episode of QI that was on a few weeks back, "Bog Standard" and {how to put this politely} "Mutts Nuts" are supposedly rhyming slang versions of the Meccano set sizes Box Standard and Box Deluxe.

As far as I can remember, some American guy came up with the phrases "bee's knees" and "cat's pyjamas" to mean something great. Neither phrase meant anything in particular, and it is surely coincidence that bee's knees sounds like "business" spoken while wearing a sombrero.

I have a strange feeling of deja vu regarding the unmentionables unmentionables

ants pants
gnats knickers

elephant's ears

duck's bottom

I thought the dog's b011*c$ came from the impression that anything the dog spent that much time licking must be very good!

AS evil as a eal on a matresss, as we say where I come from

Admit it, you just made that one up, didn't you?

According to Stephen Fry on his comedy quiz QI, both "the dog's unmentionables" and the phrase "bog standard" come from Meccano sets of the early twentieth century, which were sold as either the "Box, Standard" or "Box, Deluxe".

Zube

Hi Zube! I see you've been reading Posting 3 as well!

Ahem, yes well, it's my echolalia acting up...up...up!

Zube

Made it up? naa, its a common saying from where I is from... like 'letting the eal out of the bucket' and 'butter your turnips', and 'too many carrots and its not even a winter'

I like all the 'thicko' ephinisms.

"not the sharpest tool in the shed" etc.

My favourite is "not the brightest spark in the fusebox."

"Badger's nadgers"

SoRB

'One sequel short of a franchise'.

I just made that up and it's rubbish but I had to get it out of my system before it became an overwhelming burden on my soul. I promise not to do it again.

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A couple cackles shy of a hen house.
A few fries shy of a Happy Meal.
His elevator doesn't go all the way to the top.
Not the brightest bulb on the Christmas tree.
The lights are on, but nobody's home.
We asked for a live wire, but we got a short circuit instead.

Maybe we ought to do a collaborative entry???