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Today's expression is very good.

It is a phrasal verb.

It is to butter, B-U-T-T-E-R, up. To butter someone up or to butter up somebody.

Both are possible. Are you trying to butter me up? You should butter up dad first.

Don't try to butter me up. Don't butter me up. Don't butter me up before you ask for something.

What does it mean to butter somebody up?

Well, you know, butter, B-U-T-T-E-R, like you put on bread or maybe a potato, maybe some rice,

you can add some butter.

Mm, yeah, yeah.

You add butter to people, right?

If you want to ask your father for some money,

or if you want to ask a favor from your boss or your teacher,

first of all, you should put butter on their face.

No, no, no, no, no, no.

That's crazy.

You're going to get in trouble if you do that.

But the idea is to spread nice words all over the person.

To say nice things, many, many, many, many nice things to the person that way that person will like you maybe they will do something for you maybe they will help you if you butter them up

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