Happy Working Song

Happy Monday and Happy November 1st! I thought this song would be perfect for today as we all head back to work with sugar hangovers! Haha!

The movie "Enchanted" is fun and I love Amy Adam's character because she turns ANYTHING into fun...like working! What kind of difference would you make in your place of work if you were cheery? :) Now I'm not necessarily suggesting you dance around your place of work and sing loudly but a smile, especially on a Monday, is always a pleasant thing to see!

So come my little friends, let's all "sing" a cheery little working song! :)

Happy Working Song

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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.

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.

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