Yep, I'm super grateful for deodorant and you should be too - if you hang around me that is! I'm really sensitive about cleanliness and body smells so it's really important to me to make sure that as much as it is possible with me I smell okay for others, and for myself as well. I know some people who don't wear deodorant, good for them. I know some people who sort of do with those crystal rock applications, good for them. I can't. My body chemistry requires I have something more effective than nothing or the rock. I did make a switch several years ago from the really chemical, aluminum filled brands to a more natural and safe brand and it does the job for the most part. But I also have in my drawer a deodorant that promises to work especially well when your emotions are running high and your sweat glands respond to those emotions. Sometimes I have to wear that, especially if I know I'm going to be in a potentially high emotional situation that day. Regardless of what I wear I am very grateful for deodorant and you should be grateful I wear it too! ;)
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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