BUTTER (SOMEONE) UP, BUY (SOMETHING) FOR A SONG, BY HOOK OR BY CROOK: American English Idioms #32
BUTTER (SOMEONE) UP A buttering up is a tactic that an individual can use to get on someone’s good side. The use of this term may be derived from the practice of applying butter to bread and other food items in order to make it more palatable. A lot of times, people will butter someone…