Day 341: Generosity

(For Saturday August 2)

Today was a culmination of the generosity of my sister-in-love's parents, Jim and Vicki. The wedding, the reception, the logistics of it all, and today an open house reception at their lovely home to continue the celebration of Brad and Adele's marriage. Not only have they been extremely generous but hospitable, which I have mentioned before. Their generosity has been a blessing to not just the bride and groom and their immediate families but to all the family and friends who joined us this weekend. I am so grateful for the generosity I was the recipient of this weekend, I'm also grateful for the generosity of others in my life who extend themselves on behalf of my comfort, my joy, my benefit. What a beautiful investment in the lives of others when we, yes me included, extend generosity. In what ways have you been blessed by both giving and receiving generosity?

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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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