Day 322: Kohl's Cash

Yes, I know you have to spend money in order to get the Kohl's Cash but I am grateful for the Kohl's Cash. I have found it particularly helpful when buying gifts, restocking seasonal wardrobes for our redheads or ourselves, and - in the case of today - formal wedding wear shopping! We've got the clothes, now we need the shoes and I am crossing my fingers that Kohl's will have what we are looking for because I have $100 in Kohl's Cash to spend by Wednesday! So while we spent a chuck o' change to receive that much in Kohl's Cash (just skip doing the math and if you already did it please don't judge us!) I'm grateful to have it to assist in the things we still need.

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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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