I really like our DVR. I really like that we can record a bunch of things and I can take my time watching them. I like that the DVR gives me the opportunity to record something I like to watch but also affords me to opportunity to do other things - like spend time with family/friends, read books, well pretty much anything else! It sounds a little silly and shallow to say that I am grateful for our DVR but you know what? I am. :)
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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