The redheads and I had a snow day today. At first I thought to myself, "YES! Reading all day long, ahhhhhhhhh." And then I remembered I had made some special project lists a couple of weeks back. Big projects, small projects, in between projects. And, despite my desire to devour a few books today, I hauled myself up off the couch and recruited my redheads and tackled a few projects. And I feel SO good! We got quite a bit done for what we tackled and I'm sitting here tonight feeling grateful for the snow day that gave me space to get a few projects done. No, the floors didn't get mopped like I would have wanted but I gathered a huge bag full of coats still in good condition to donate to the rescue mission, I am hosting a book giveaway (check it out on my Facebook page!), and filled up a couple of bags for Goodwill. I wouldn't mind a couple of more snow days. My list is long. *grin*
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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