For Saturday, January 22: At Last

There is nothing like the soulful sounds of the greats. Ella, Frank, Etta...and many more. While the artists of today can sing the songs they don't have the soul that the originals did.
One of the things I love about the great artists and their songs from back in the day is that our movies of today have introduced me to a lot of them! Return to Me has a rich soundtrack, Father of the Bride Series plays some of my favorites of the greats, and other movies feature and highlight the amazing voices from our past.
Love this music, takes me back to a simpler time, a richer time, a well, frankly, better time!

At Last (Etta James)
At Last (A Tribute to Etta James by Beyonce)

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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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