Day 277: Early Morning Hugs and Giggles

(For Friday May 30)

This morning I cracked open my eyes just in time to see my nephew turn around to see if Auntie Beth was awake. I waved at him and he squealed and ran to me and jumped on me to hug me in bed. Seriously. There is not a better way to start my day when that happens! He then proceeded to show me everything which I was happy to see. We played and giggled and hugged and to say I was grateful for this early morning fun is an understatement. I felt grateful and blessed and at peace.

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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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