It's there, it really is

Whatever may be the tensions and the stresses of a particular day, there is always lurking close at hand the trailing beauty of forgotten joy or unremembered peace. Howard Thurman

Each day holds, perhaps under its surface, joy and peace. I disagree with Thurman that it is "or". I believe it is both. Some days are tougher than others but each day has beauty in it. Sometimes we might have to dig a little deep for it. So dig deep. Find it because you won't regret it. You won't regret the deep dig you might have to do because when you unearth the peace and joy you will find your day improves. You will find the tensions and stresses are diminished in light of the peace and joy that is there. Joy and peace? It's there, it really is.

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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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