Sneak Peak at Upcoming Celebrations

This last week of February (can you believe it is already 2 months into 2015?! Crazy!) life celebrates some interesting things! Here's a sneak peek...

Be Humble Day
World Thinking Day (not what it seems like, it's another one of those trick holidays!)
Margarita Day
Curling is Cool Day
Inconvenience Yourself Day
National Pistachio Day
For Pete's Sake Day
Kahlua Day
No Brainer Day
Rare Disease Day

So what will you celebrate this week to end February on a high note?
Ready or not March is right around the corner!

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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