Day 81: Sweet & Salty

I was five and at a birthday party at Wendy's. This was the Wendy's that had tables that looked like old-time advertisements which I was always fascinated by and felt sad when they went away. But I digress. Back to the point. I was five and I'm pretty sure I had not seen anyone do this yet but I thought to myself, "Huh. I wonder what a french fry dipped in the chocolate frosty would taste like." So I dipped. And fell in love for the rest of my life. To this day I consider the combo to be a comfort food. While I am not a big fan of chocolate overall I am also a fan of the peanut butter and chocolate combo. That also is like comfort food for me. The sweet and salty combo I consider to be God's gift to us. I'm grateful for it. I know, that seems so...shallow. But somedays you just need some comfort and God is good to provide it in a myriad of ways. Today it was the sweet and salty combo of a frosty and fries.

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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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