Day 354: Broken Hallelujahs

(For Friday August 15)

I heard the phrase "broken hallelujah" today and I thought immediately. "YES. So grateful for all the broken hallelujahs in my life." Without the broken hallelujahs I have had in my life I would not be the person I am today. God has used those broken moments to refine my heart and character to become more like who he originally created me to be. And I truly am grateful for the painful, challenging, and broken times God has allowed in my life.

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.

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.

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