Day 281: The Last Day of School

(For Tuesday June 3)

I know. Come August I'm going to be saying I am grateful for the first day of school but this is June and to say I am grateful that today is the last day of school is an understatement. It's been a long, kinda rough school year and we just need a break! So I'm grateful it's the last day of school - it means we made it through, we survived, we passed (I hope!), and we can relax a little for a few weeks. Every school year it's like this. I start off the year determined to stay on top of communications from the school, be in touch with the kids about their various projects, be - you know - an involved parent and then the school year eats away at me. I'm guessing more than a few of you can relate. So today I am beyond grateful it is the last day of school.

At the start of the school year

At the end of the school year

Comments

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.

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.

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.

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