My Mama makes quilts and I can confidently say that not only am I grateful for them but so are my other family members. She's made quilts for us all - even her Grand-dog! She puts a lot of thought into them and each of them were pieced and sewn with love. I'm grateful for these tangible shows of love.
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.
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