Butter Someone Up
- Butter Someone Up
- How common is this idiom?: This idiom is still moderately used in informal conversations, particularly in social media and texting, where people often use it in a humorous or sarcastic way.
- Literal Meaning: To apply butter to someone
- Actual Idiomatic Meaning: To flatter or try to win someone over by being excessively nice or complimentary
- He's been buttering up the boss all week, hoping to get a promotion.
- She's always buttering up her friends with compliments, but it's hard to tell if she's being genuine or not.
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