I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For

Ah. U2. Bono. Controversy! It's because people interpret the songs in so many different ways and say their way is right. Regardless of what you or I may actually think or feel about Bono and U2 I will say that on the whole issue of poverty, human rights, and fighting for the "least of these" he is AWESOME. I don't know where he stands with Jesus personally but his life sure looks an awful lot like the hands and feet of Jesus. I take Bono at face value and I take U2's songs at face value. I remember when this one came out and oh the debates and discussions about the meaning of it! Cracks me up. So. What does this song mean? Are Bono and U2 looking for Christ? Are they actually saying they can't find him? GASP. I don't know. All I know is that I have observed Bono in the past years living out his convictions and beliefs. I say let them speak for themselves. And if at one point he and U2 were seeking and not finding who knows? Perhaps they have found it by now, after all this song was a looooooooooooong time ago! :)
If someone observed you would they say that you live out your convictions and beliefs? Would people say that you seem to be seeking and not finding? All I know is this, if you are seeking God he can be found. Want to know how? Contact me, I'd be happy to talk with you about it!

I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For

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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