Day 224: Forgiveness

Today I read a story of forgiveness. It was powerful and such a strong reminder to me of what forgiveness can do, does do, and will do. It was such an important reminder to me of the necessity of the practice of forgiveness that I knew it would be my number one Gratitude Attitude for today. I am grateful for forgiveness. Grateful for when it is extended to me and for when I get over myself and extend it to others. We all need forgiveness practiced with us because we all mess up, we all hurt others - intentionally or unintentionally, we all commit acts of transgression. How have you been grateful for forgiveness recently?

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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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