There is always something

"There is always, always, always something to be thankful for."

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There is always something to be thankful for. ALWAYS. I know this, I believe it is true. But boy I am stuck, stalled out, blocked. I've experienced stall outs during this 365 but never for this long. I sit and stare into space and can't seem to come up with a thing. Even though, there is ALWAYS something to be thankful for. Always. So even though I shouldn't have to I'm going to dig deep and get my Gratitude Attitude MoJo back. ;)

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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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