All kinds of stupid

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them. Ralph Waldo Emerson

Oh gosh. I am so grateful for the friends in my life that I can be stupid with. Whether it's a silly stupid, an emotional stupid, or just plain stupid. I'm so grateful for the ones who put up with me and my stupidity. And I've got a few that have gone the distance with me. I've got some that I know I am being stupid but I still go to them because I know they will put up with it and still love and even like me! How about you? Do you have people in your life that you can be all kinds of stupid with? I sure hope so because Emerson is right, it is a blessing!

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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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