For Saturday, February 5: Chances

Heard this song at the end of Blindside and really loved the sound of the song. I loved the sound of the music and the lead singer's voice. I have never heard of Five for Fighting but then again one would probably call me pretty sheltered when it comes to music. :) So I love it when I hear a song or an artist that I never have before and they catch my attention and I can dive into their music a little bit more. It's the same as when I discover new-to-me author.

The lyrics to this song are all about chances. Taking them and what you could gain from taking chances and what you might lose from taking chances. I'm not a brave person, I don't like taking chances because of the risk. But the past few years I've been stepping out of my comfort zones and risking taking some chances. Some have worked out like I hoped, others haven't but I have learned and grown from each one.

Chances

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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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