Day 210: Sense of Sight

I've mentioned eyes before, but it was in a totally different context. Today I'm sticking with the literal. :) I'm grateful for the sense of sight. What our eyes take in every day is miraculous if you think about it. The eye and its functions are absolutely incredible, super intricate, very delicate, and yet very resilient. I try to not take my eyesight for granted, what I get to see everyday is a gift. From creation to words to faces, even those pesky stoplights. :) And all the things in between. Tonight I saw the prettiest dusk laced sky. It was gorgeous. What did you see today that makes you grateful for the gift of sight?

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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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