I'm a fan of flowers. I'm a sucker for big bunches of flowers and their colors competing with one another and also complimenting one another. I have a board on Pinterest where I pin pretty flowers. I love their cheerfulness. When I started my new job (which isn't so new any longer since I've been here for over a year now) my Mama and Daddy sent me flowers - it was so fun. It made me feel kinda special. Every year for Mother's Day my Daddy sends me flowers. Sometimes I am tempted to buy myself a bouquet...just because. I'm grateful for the language of flowers. They can help convey different sentiments and help the spirit of the person who gets them. I love almost all flowers but for some reason my most favorite is the Gerber Daisy. What's yours?
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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