To get it done successfully

If we are to achieve results never before accomplished, we must expect to employ methods never before attempted. Francis Bacon

Today's quote reminds me a lot of the definition of insanity. Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Duh. When we see it in black and white we realize that isn't possible. If we don't like the results we are getting then we need to change how we are doing things. But so many times we don't see that in the heat of the moment. We keep thinking that the method will suddenly be successful. News flash: it won't! Change your method and get a different result. If that doesn't work change it yet again. Eventually you will find what works and is successful!

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Butter someone up

There are two probable origins for this idiom and I think both are equally plausible. The first one is that when you spread butter on bread you are buttering it up like one would do when trying to flatter someone. The second is in ancient India there was a practice of throwing balls of butter at statues to ask for favor, i.e. buttering them up. ( source ) When we use the phrase today we generally mean that extreme flattery is used to gain information or favor. It's not always necessarily a compliment.

Call it a Day

The literal use of this phrase hails from 1838 when the phrase originally was "call it half a day" to mean leaving work early. (source) The modern use of the phrase is to indicate ending something due to false sense of accomplishment.

More bang for your buck

This phrase was used a lot in 1953 but an earlier citation puts it at 1940 in a Metals and Plastics Publications advertisement. Read about it here . The phrase means you get more for your money.

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