Fairest Lord Jesus

Isn't it strange how a song enters into your head even though you haven't thought of it or heard it in months or even years? That's what happened with this song. Late last night I was laying in bed and suddenly this song began playing in my head.
My favorite parts of this hymn are the lines, "Jesus is fairer, Jesus is purer....Jesus shines brighter, Jesus shines purer....Beautiful Savior! Lord of the nations! Son of God and Son of Man! Glory and honor, praise adoration, now and forevermore be thine!" I adore singing this hymn with people of like mind and heart, I adore singing it on my own when I'm contemplating the wonder of God, I love the tune of it, the praise of it. Written off of Psalm 45:2 which says, "Thou art fairer than the children of men" it extols Jesus as the perfect one. And he is the perfect one. This alternately offends people and compels people. Needing someone to save us from ourselves offends but when we cross from offense to acceptance we are then compelled. The question then becomes, what do we do with that compulsion?

Fairest Lord Jesus
Fairest Lord Jesus (Veggie Tales! No really!)
Fairest Lord Jesus (Passion Band)

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.

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.

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.

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