Yep, it's only May 4 and already I am grateful for A/C in my car and in my house. If this is an indicator of the kind of summer we are going to have I am not going to be very happy. The older I get the more intolerant of heat I get. And to be clear, I have always been intolerant about heat. Always. So for me to say I'm getting even more intolerant? Well you can just pray for my family who has to deal with me - ha! So today I was grateful for A/C - I used it and I was just plain thankful for it. I am never not grateful for that invention! What's an invention that you are able to use and are grateful for?
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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