Are you a world traveler?

The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page. Saint Augustine of Hippo

If you know me well, or really at all, you know how much I love to read. And I'm beginning to learn to love to travel. So I like today's quote because I see it kind of two-fold.
One, the book perspective. Books hold a world of knowledge, imagination, and pleasure for the reader. You can travel without leaving your immediate world. They can and will transport you to places you may never be able to get to. Books can expand your world of knowledge and broaden your horizon of topics. If you do not read you won't be as informed as others will be.
Two, the world traveler perspective. This amazing world holds such beauty and awe. It holds cultures to be experienced, foods to be tasted, smells to inhale, history to be seen. Be curious about this world we live in. Even if you can't afford to go to other cultures study up on them (reading!) by viewing pictures, tasting their foods, reading up on the country of choice. Travel this world as much as you can - you might have to be creative about how you travel but that's part of the fun.
Don't isolate yourself by staying sequestered in your world - both physically and figuratively. Reading can release you to worlds of imagination and traveling can expand your worldview. You won't regret either. Be a world traveler!

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.

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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