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Fun Phrase: To Butter Someone Up!
Its Fun Phrase Friday Everyone!
Have you heard this weeks fun phrase ” To butter someone up”
Its Meaning is to flatter (compliment) someone.
History of phrase: An ancient Indian custom involved throwing balls of butter at statues of the gods to seek its favor.
Hope you all have a wonderful weekend 🙂
South Pole
A fun little fact for today!!
On this day December 14, 1911..
Roald Amundsen and four fellow Norwegian explorers became the first men to reach the South Pole!
Hope everyone is enjoying their day and had a fun safe weekend.
Did you know????
Hope everyone had a fun weekend!!
A little fact for today…
Did you know? Scientists believe that more than 43 million tons of dust falls over the U.S. every year. Indoor air usually contains about twice as much dust as the air outside. That’s a million microscopic particles in a cubic inch of air. About 2,000 dust mites can live happily on one ounce of carpet dust.
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Show your true colors
Happy Friday! Hope everyone is enjoying the start of their weekend!
This weeks fun phrase is “Show Your True Colors”
Meaning: To reveal one’s true nature
History: Warships used to fly multiple flags to confuse their enemies. However, the rules of warfare stated that a ship had to hoist its true flag before firing and hence, display its country’s true colors.
Have you ever felt like “no spring chicken”?
Its Fun Phrase Friday!
Have you ever felt like “No spring chicken” ?
Meaning: Someone who is past his prime
History: New England chicken farmers generally sold chickens in the spring, so the chickens born in the springtime yielded better earnings than the chickens that survived the winter. Sometimes, farmers tried to sell old birds for the price of a new spring chicken. Clever buyers complained that the fowl was “no spring chicken,” and the term came to represent anyone past their prime.
Do you…..”Go the Whole 9 Yards”?
Fun Phrase Friday……
Has anyone heard the phrase “Go the Whole 9 Yards”?
Meaning: To try one’s best
History: World War II Fighter pilots received a 9-yard chain of ammunition. Therefore, when a pilot
used all of his ammunition on one target, he gave it “the whole 9 yards.”
Cat Got Your Tongue?
Fun Phrase Friday……
Cat Got Your Tongue?
Meaning: Something said when a person is at a loss for words.
History: There are two possible sources for this common saying. The first refers to the cat-o’-nine-tails – a whip used by the English Navy for flogging. The whip caused so much pain that the victims were left speechless. The second refers to the practice of cutting out the tongues of liars and blasphemers and feeding them to cats.