da bell vs the bee's knees

da bell

noun
  • the best; great success 

the bee's knees

noun
  • Something or someone excellent, surpassingly wonderful, or cool. 

  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bee, -'s, knee. Corbiculae. 

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