Every Rose Has It's Thorn

This song transports me back to middle school. Do you remember middle school? (Can you without having nightmares tonight? Haha) I remember one time listening to this song while a bunch of us traveled down to Denver for a New Year's Eve Lock In. And I remember at the time trying to figure out the angst behind the song. Little did I know in my little middle school world that love angst isn't contained to just middle school or high school but goes beyond. I thought as adults everyone got a grip and everything worked out. Yes. I was incredibly naive. It's okay because I've grown up and I have experienced and I understand that every rose does have a thorn. And I have to say this because I just thought of it. There were thorns pushed into the head of a man a long time ago and the blood from the punctures rolled down his face and he let it happen for us. Yes for you and for me. And they call him the Rose of Sharon. Indeed every rose has it's thorn but that's part of the beauty of the rose.
Happy Saturday! I'm off to bake and cook - both of which I love equally! I'm so excited to spend the day doing things I love for people I love!

Every Rose Has It's Thorn

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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