Day 125: Kitchen Gadgets

I'm kind of obsessed with kitchen gadgets. So is my brother, Brad, as his fiance is quickly finding out. *grin* Set me lose in a place like Bed, Bath, and Beyond - Williams Sonoma - any store that sells kitchen gadgets - Pampered Chef - etc and I can always find at least one thing I need, that will be helpful to the cooking and baking I love to do. :) But seriously I am grateful for several of my kitchen gadgets as they have made my life a lot easier in food prep. Here's a few gadgets that I am especially grateful for, as is my husband! My food processor. I LOVE IT. My little mini-chopper. A good set of knives. My Kitchen-Aid mixer. I LOVE IT. I also have a juicer, a zester, and a garlic press that are oh so handy. :) What about you? Do you have any kitchen gadgets that you are grateful for because they save you 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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