There's a lot of very busy bees in my garden right now. In honour of all their hard work I wanted to talk about so phrases and idioms we have in English that use the word 'bee'. Many of these are very common and you may hear them in a casual or office environment.
Head to YouTube to see the video of the bees on the lavender plant in my garden.
Do you have a garden, or a park nearby? Which plant is the bee's favourite there?
This week's Bee Phrases
The Bees Knees - somebody is really cool and awesome
'She's the bees knees' - she's the best person ever!
As busy as a bee - a comment we use to notice how busy someone is, this means they are very very busy.
To make a bee line for someone/something - somebody is heading straight for you, we know what we want and we're going straight for it
It's none of your beeswax - it's none of your business
Here's some more information about the history of this phrase: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2014/05/origin-phrase-mind-beeswax/
She has a bee in her bonnet - we're annoyed about something. Can also mean we're really obsessed with something that's bothering us.
A hive of industry - used to describe a very busy place, usually a busy place of work
Buzz Off - Go away! Or I'm going.
Additional Vocabulary
they probably don't bear any resemblance to human's knees - to 'bear a resemblance' means to look similar in some way
