Have I seen you here before?

Each moment is a place you've never been. Mark Strand

You've never been here before. Oh it may look like a place you've been, it may feel like a place you've been, but it isn't a place you have ever been. Why do I say that (and why does Strand say it)? Because even though the moment may look and feel familiar you have never been it it with what you know right now. Since the last time you were in a similar moment you've lived more life and gained more experience. That changes the moment. So see, you haven't ever been in this moment. It's new because of the life you've lived since the last time it came around. Appreciate the moment and watch out - it will come out around again but it will be new to you, as if you've never been in it except you'll know why next time.

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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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