Stuart McLachlan
stuart at lexacorp.com.pg
Thu Oct 19 04:20:55 CDT 2006
On 19 Oct 2006 at 9:26, Gustav Brock wrote: > Hi P > > Never heard that expression ... is it about that a cat really doesn't need a > pyjamas? Wikipedia: An English slang phrase coined by w:Thomas A. Dorgan. The phrase means "the height of excellence" and became popular in the U.S. in the 1920s,[1] along with bee's knees, "the cat's whiskers" (possibly from the use of these in radio crystal sets), and similar phrases that didn't endure: "the eel's ankle", "the elephant's instep", "the snake's hip" and "the capybara's spats".-- Stuart