#SuperstarSaturday

Brené Brown is my superstar this saturday. I had heard her name here and there but introduced myself to her when I read her book, The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are. I was blown away. The second I finished the last word I started the book over. Blown. Away. I then started reading anything I could get my hands, eyes, and heart on by Brené.

If you haven't yet taken in any of Brown's wisdom I encourage you to do so. I don't think you will regret it. At all. In fact, you can hear her talk about one of her top topics, vulnerability. Click here to hear her very popular TED talk.

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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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