#SaturdaySnapshot

Capturing a moment for memory is a balance between being present and part of the moment and disengaging just long enough to capture the moment. Conundrum.

My brother takes great photos except he's rarely in them - a complaint of my sister-in-love. Since having kids he's been trying to get into pictures more. His struggle is that of perhaps every parent - usually the mom for some reason. We get so wrapped up in capturing our kids moments and family moments that we forget to capture ourselves in them as well!

Not only does a picture capture a moment so it doesn't disappear but if everyone is in the picture then it keeps the memory of all those we love from running away as well.

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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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